Category: Design warehouse
Space Utilization and the Rule of 4
Discover how to increase your storage utilization in your warehouse pallet racking to 87.5% using the rule of 4. This article explains the concepts used when designing warehouse storage strategies and what types of racking to employ.
Advantages and Disadvantages of Pallet Racking:
Learn the different types of storage methods for the warehouse including: Strengths and Weaknesses of Bulk Stacking, Selective Racking, Double Deep Rack, Push Back, Pallet Flow, Deep Lane Dense shelving.
Types of Warehouses: Exploring the Diverse World of Storage Facilities
Learn about the types of warehouses yuo can choose for your business
What is Profiling for the Warehouse?
Warehouse profiling is the process of sorting through the ABC analysis, assessing the distribution center size, picking methodology (consolidated, velocity, family, batch, random), warehouse product characteristics (cube, weight, stackability), cube usage (slot openings), heuristic best case analysis (selecting storage options). Once profiling of a warehouse is complete, a distribution center manager can recommend the best layout and make the warehouse layout flexible. With this, he will have a list of storage types, number of units and the SKU assigned to storage types.
Warehouse Inventory Control Ideas
The Pros and Cons of Inventory control. 4 approaches to inventory control are examined: memory, fixed locations, zoning and full random inventory tracking. How to organize a warehouse and create product location addresses.