Control over Warehousing
Ready for growth, in control of complexity
Processes, WMS, layout and robotics
As volume and complexity increase
As companies grow, the number of orders, items and exceptions increases. What once worked starts to break down. Lead times increase and productivity comes under pressure. Work needs to be continuously replanned throughout the day.
As complexity increases, it also becomes harder to interpret performance. Problems are visible, but their causes are not always clear.
Improvements in processes, WMS and layout are often implemented ad hoc to resolve issues. As a result, structural improvement remains limited and coherence is lacking. That coherence is key to a controllable and scalable warehouse.
Our approach
We combine proven best practices with data to quickly gain insight into performance, bottlenecks and improvement potential. Our approach is based on the warehousing maturity model described in Highly Competitive Warehouse Management.
Improvements are implemented step by step, aligned with the maturity, scale and complexity of the warehouse. This leads to solutions that are not only sound on paper, but also practical and sustainable.
WMS and warehouse processes
A WMS project is the moment to reassess warehouse processes. This simplifies implementation and leads to structural improvements in performance and ways of working.
We support:
- ✔ process design and optimization
- ✔ WMS selection
- ✔ implementation
Layout and robotics
Volumes, order profiles and assortment determine the most suitable warehouse layout and level of automation. Layout, process design and WMS are developed in conjunction, creating a scalable whole.
We support:
- ✔ layout and warehouse design
- ✔ mechanization, robotics and WCS
- ✔ business case and scenario comparison
Result
A warehouse in which processes, WMS, layout and automation operate in alignment.
This results in better control, higher productivity and a warehouse that scales with the business.