Warehouse Design: New & Existing Facilities

Data and Standard-based Logistics Design

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Investing in a new site or a new facility or expanding warehouse or re-layouting an existing facility will require expertise, capital investment, time and other resources.

Every company will have a unique layout and design requirements that your building design engineers may not have the logistics experience to provide the productive, ergonomic, flexible and scalable logistics facility. A warehouse isn’t just four walls and a roof. You have to have the right, orientation, dimensions, column distancing, etc., so that right and standard storage equipment, material handling equipment and logistics equipment will fit correctly and provide you with the possibility of progressive use of technology.

 

We can advice and provide solutions to you and your team on the right material handling equipment and storage equipment and modern automation solutions that can be installed and utilized in your logistics space. Progressive or scaling up from manual to mechanization to automation and digitization as your business may require.

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Our warehouse layout and logistics design consulting services include the following:

1. Master planning and layout including MHE, storage equipment, pick locations, conveying, sorting, and automation and logistics control systems for new and existing logistics facilities.

2. Improving logistics productivity, efficiency and speed to market performance.

 

Design steps and methodology for warehouse or logistics facility design:

1. Data gathering. Business plans and growth Space definition, storage standards, product types, inventory lot sizes,  product rotation, volume and product velocities. Racking and shelving requirements, order sizes, number of orders per day, and other metrics.

2. Design terms of reference for structural or building construction engineers. Provide the orientation, shape and dimensions (LXWXH) of the building that will meet storage and material handling equipment standards. Distancing of columns and supports and future expansion requirements. Provide built in:​​

   1. Pest prevention standards

   2. Provide warehouse orientation and material specs to reduce and control warehouse environment without the need of air conditioning equipment.

   3. Future ready techniques that reduces costs.

   4. Interpret and explain logistics equipment supplier jargon into clear and easy to understand information that leads to the right decisions.

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Our partner design engineers or your own engineers (we can also help you select them depending on the location of the project) can then prepare the CAD drawings for review and finalization.

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Whenever needed, MHE storage equipment and automations solutions maybe included.

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The speed of technology development and logistics innovations demands a design that is flexible and scalable and cost efficient design and layout.

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This is what we do.