Warehouse Design Must Include Short and Long-Term Views

A good warehouse design requires both a short-term implementation phase along with long-term defined goals, both aligned with the company’s overall business objectives. Companies must first determine their multi-year goals and objectives across the entire organization and realize where they are in their long-term plan. Without this overall long-term approach, businesses will only yield incremental, limited returns and benefits that may be costly to change and incorporate their long-term goals when realized.

A proper warehouse design should assess which improvements can be made across all aspects of the operation, picking, packing, and shipping. It may seem easiest to correct the low hanging fruit, usually the section with the highest touches. However, correcting one aspect of the warehouse usually forces a bottleneck into another. The best approach would be to consider your workflow as a lot size of one, and streamline your processes across all warehouse operations. This is accomplished by performing an in-depth valuation with value stream mapping practices to clearly identify wasted touches and excess steps in each process.

Numina Group Provides Warehouse Automation with Quick ROI

Numina Group is recognized as a leading warehouse automation company, employing skilled design engineers with vast experience in automated technologies. We partner with our clients to provide the well-planned roadmap which delivers measurable savings throughout the implementation process. We have helped distribution centers across North America to eliminate inefficiencies and recover valuable savings throughout their entire operation.

Our customers typically enjoy an increase in accuracy to 99.99%, reduction in manual labor expenses from 30% to 70%, an overall increase in profitability up to 30%, and quick ROI typically within 12-18 months. Our Warehouse Control and Execution System (WCS-WES), Real-Time Distribution, RDS™, easily integrates with any warehouse management system (WMS) or enterprise resource planning system (ERP) to control and execute order fulfillment operations with real-time control.

RDS™ is a family of flexible and scalable modules which deliver total warehouse control with proven technologies such as Print and Apply Labeling, Voice Picking Systems and automated conveyors with vision audit for weight and dimension verification and sorting. We design your warehouse roadmap with short and long-term goals in mind to realize maximum return on investment while poised for growth.

Numina Group provides warehouse design and layout services with automated technologies to maximize productivity and profitability. We design, integrate and implement automated warehouse technologies for quick return on investment. Contact us today to learn how we can save you time, money and maximize your profit.