Warehousing Review

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The first steps of assessment are:

• Understanding your current warehousing set-up 
• We determine by “mining” and “benchmarking”, along with review of your management staff and possibly some of your vendors and clients
• We determine what role systems & technology currently play and where it should be deployed
• Plan out a tentative budget and determine what options within the agreed parameters might work

The second steps include a “ROI”:

• What will be the initial expense, reoccurring costs and what financial benefit will come from any agreed improvements derived from the benefit analysis

The third steps of “operation” include:

• What operationally you will need to accomplish to make the recommendations work in your business model
• Technology will play a significant factor in this analysis and functionality in the warehouse
• We review the demographics and needs of your customers to factor that variable and nuances into the operational needs

The fourth and final steps of implementation include:

• Determining our role in the implementation process, as once the first three steps are accomplished, you may want to implement independently. We will always be there as required
• If you require, we will support managing the entire implementation process

Our basic goals in warehouse / distribution management are:

1. Favorable impact to the bottom-line
2. Ability to ship timely and cost effectively
3. A customer-centric system
4. Create efficient utilization of space. Hi density racking is a typical viable solution among many storage systems that evaluate as options
5. Create a safe and efficient working environment
6. Allow space for growth 
7. Maximize utilization of “state-of-the-art” technology
8. Utilize equipment that can minimize man-power for handling and pick n’ pack requirements
9. A system that keeps track of every material item down to the lot number, sku, product code or otherwise in any place, at any time in the controlled supply chain space … including in storage, WIP or in transit (inbound or outbound)
10. Adherence to all local, state, and federal regulations
11. Review workplace safety
12. Review Demand planning, purchasing , and safety stock methodologies and parameters

Our basic goals in systems & technology are:

1. Cost effective acquisition, reoccurring and customization pricing
2. Customization capability
3. Integration capability
4. Complete bandwidth of functions that bring value to the client
5. User/Operator friendly
6. Flexible and adaptable
7. Minimizes manpower touch points
8. Captures efficiently all the data fields required by the operator