WAREHOUSE DESIGN CONSULTING
Unlock your full supply chain potential through warehouse design optimization.
A strategic warehouse design enables flexible and integrated solutions, improving operational performance and generating exceptional ROI. enVista’s warehouse design consultants have expertise spanning equipment, layout, Lean processes, systems evaluations, labour analysis and more.
Adapt to business change with an optimised warehouse design.
Warehouse design involves more than just equipment layout. The combination of a proven design with the right equipment, processes, personnel and technology ensures a successful and adaptable facility capable of handling change. enVista synchronizes the physical and material flows of a distribution centre with the critical data flows to create the optimal facility.
Benefits of Warehouse Design Optimization
- Free up warehouse space – Before purchasing more facility space, our warehouse design consultants will ensure you are getting the most out of the space you already have.
- Reduce labour costs – We optimise your space and eliminate waste so your employees can do their jobs more efficiently and effectively.
- Improve inventory management – We will optimise your inventory placement to enhance accuracy and visibility, optimizing improving overall stock levels.
- Improve flow through the warehouse – Our consultants will optimise your space and inventory so items can flow through the warehouse more efficiently, improving throughput.
Drive Warehouse Design Optimization with enVista
Future State Design Requirements
We develop comprehensive future state design requirements to ensure your distribution centre can accommodate your organisation’s strategic business directives. This includes detailed planning for future growth, technology integration, and process improvements to maintain operational efficiency and flexibility.
MHE Concept and Sensitivity Analysis
We evaluate the operational and financial impacts of various MHE alternatives. We use sensitivity analysis to provide confidence in decision-making, ensuring that your investment in equipment aligns with your operational goals and budget constraints.
Lean Process Design
We eliminate waste and cost through our comprehensive future state lean process design. Our approach focuses on streamlining workflows, improving process efficiency, and enhancing overall productivity. This results in a more agile and responsive warehouse operation.
DC Design Layout
We ensure a tightly integrated solution and optimised material flow and space utilization. We leverage our extensive experience and engineering skills to develop layouts that support efficient operations and scalability.
Systems Impacts
Leverage enVista’s breadth and depth of experience to ensure that all aspects of your warehouse systems are aligned with future state process requirements. Our team conducts thorough evaluations to guarantee that your systems can support the optimised processes and handle increased operational demands.
Proven experience. Maximum results.
Warehouse Design Optimization on a Highly Automated Distribution Network for Caleres
- Brought wholesale distribution operations in house with a highly automated distribution network, designed and implemented by enVista
- Designed to handle 10,000 cartons per hour—or an estimated 200,000 pairs of shoes a day—with space to store 5 million pairs at any given time
- Capable of shipping a total of 80 million pairs of shoes a year
Featured Insights
White Paper
Optimum Facility Design
Learn the right ways to proceed with a facility design, common mistakes to avoid and the key data profiles to collect prior to design.
Blog
Warehouse Floor Plan: Optimizing Your Layout
A well-designed warehouse floor plan makes all the difference in company operations. Learn how you can improve operational performance.
Data Sheet
Strategic Facility Design
At enVista, we synchronize the physical and material flows of a distribution centre with data to create an optimised facility.
Blog
8 Considerations for Deciding If It’s Time to Automate Your Facility
Automating warehouse and order fulfilment operations has become the primary strategy to ensure the realization of supply chain productivity and fiscal goals.
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