π‘³π’‚π’šπ’π’–π’• 𝒐𝒇 π’˜π’‚π’“π’†π’‰π’π’–π’”π’† – π’Žπ’π’”π’• π’Šπ’Žπ’‘π’π’“π’•π’‚π’π’• 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒐 π’Šπ’•π’” π’†π’‡π’‡π’Šπ’„π’Šπ’†π’π’• π’π’‘π’†π’“π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 π’π’“π’ˆπ’‚π’π’Šπ’”π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’…

Remember that metaphor of bullets and toilet papers. If your warehouses cannot manage to give each item its due importance and consideration, you are at the risk of losing the show frequently and intermittently.

Some of the consequences of a bad layout could be –
~ Reduced productivity
~ Loss of inventory or excess inventory due to wrong tracking
~ Higher time to fulfill orders
~ Hassles in material traffic inside the warehouse
~ Loss of sales or delay in feeding the manufacturing
~ Loss due to unavailability of material on right time despite it being available
~ Missed re-order levels for critical components
~ System vs physical inventory mismatch

A proper warehouse layout must include and emphasize on the following sections within the warehouse –
~ Receiving
~ Shipping
~ Assembly and special handling areas
~ Quality inspection
~ Reverse storage
~ Forward picking
~ Cross docking

Also the quality & type of storage and movement equipment is very critical for the effective use of the premium space of the warehouse. Utilizing the height for storage and not clubbed with effective handling tools with desired reach can be a nightmare for the warehouse team.

Similarly the receiving area and the storage area if is far off from each other and equally critical is the distance from storage to dispatch – it would mean a huge loss in unwarranted movement of cargo within the warehouse costing time, money and resources.

If the storage is not adequate w.r.t. the no of SKU and their optimum inventory level – it can jeopardize even the best layout planning’s in the world.

A good layout decides the optimum use of all resources from infrastructure to people.

The most common error people make is not to spend on a quality warehouse one-time and then keep suffering due to significant but indirect losses in productivity, sales and efficiency of all areas. So remember – 𝑾𝒆 π’Žπ’–π’”π’• 𝒃𝒆 π’‚π’˜π’‚π’“π’† 𝒐𝒇 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 π’π’Šπ’•π’•π’π’† 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 π’”π’Žπ’‚π’π’ π’π’†π’‚π’Œ 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 π’”π’Šπ’π’Œ 𝒂 π’ˆπ’“π’†π’‚π’• π’”π’‰π’Šπ’‘. π‘―π’π’˜π’†π’—π’†π’“ π’˜π’† π’Žπ’–π’”π’• 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 π’„π’π’π’”π’Šπ’…π’†π’“ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 π’…π’†π’”π’Šπ’“π’†π’… 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 π’”π’Žπ’‚π’π’ 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 π’Šπ’ π’‚π’Šπ’“π’„π’“π’‚π’‡π’• π’˜π’Šπ’π’…π’π’˜ 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕 π’Šπ’π’•π’ 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒔𝒆.

For all these and a holistic support on your warehouse management issues do connect with us atΒ Synergeze Consultants Private LimitedΒ – your execution partner in supply chain management with expertise in warehouse consulting.

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