Warehouse design has three phases,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pre-Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It is important to find out the strategy of the company, both short and long term. It could be a storage facility, or a cross docking facility, or a reverse logistics depot. The next step is information and data collection. After data collection, statistical analysis takes place. Taking all information, the first question is how much storage area is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Conceptual design<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n After the total storage space, one can decide how big this facility needs to be, and how much will it cost?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Layout planning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This includes the layout design, how much manpower is required. Then begin with the investment and the operating costs analysis of the different alternatives. Would pallet jacks or guided trains loaded with pallets will be used , or fork trucks to move the product? Economic evaluation of each operational design to determine the most economical should be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Trade-off principles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are trade-off regarding storage configurations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are some of the factors that have to be pre decided before starting the engineering of the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Engineering includes where the aisles are going to be, where the racks are going to be, how much space each is going to take, and how can the whole space be optimized. Other areas are layout drawings, electrical, lighting and computer wiring requirement drawings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To build or to modify<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Next is to decide, small changes in the existing facility are sufficient or it has to be build from the scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Operating procedures manuals<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Detailed operations procedure should be layout. How will the layout be made, how many people are required, costing budgeting etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Implementation Phase<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In the implementation phase, issue requests for proposals to equipment suppliers based upon the requirements. These will specify exactly what is needed, such as what the weight capacity must be, how long the battery has to hold a charge, etc. Then, review and analyze the responses from multiple vendors to decide for one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Warehouse design has three phases, Pre-engineering Engineering Implementation Pre-Engineering It is important to find out the strategy of the company, both short and long term. It could be a storage facility, or a cross docking facility, or a reverse logistics depot. The next step is information and data collection. After data collection, statistical analysis takes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101024","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n