release time：  2021-07-06Click volume:  19

Warehouse space is not enough, expand the area or add storage shelves?

Many companies have insufficient space in their warehouses/distribution centers. They simply add new warehouses (rented or built) to expand the area, but it turns out that there is not much improvement, but it adds to the company's operating costs.

Many companies have had the above problems before, and after coordination and operation, the warehouse has been fundamentally improved by introducing storage shelves and strengthening management, which has saved the company's expenses and increased efficiency.

When considering replacement or expansion of the plant, the following 5 points need to be considered:

1. Development in the vertical direction

Make sure that a complete assessment of all three-dimensional space in the warehouse has been done, not just the flat space. If this is the case, the way to expand the warehouse is to develop upward. When you make good use of vertical space, you are maximizing the use of your existing space.

2. Strengthen the management and distribution of personnel

Scientific management should be people-oriented. Different people have different work abilities, work preferences, and ways of doing things. Different people are arranged in different warehouse locations so that they can play their roles in different warehousing links. Let them do their job well.

3. Scientific planning

There is an old saying: Soldiers and horses do not move food and grass first. For warehouses that directly affect the circulation of goods, scientific planning and scientific scheduling are particularly important.

According to the production situation of different companies, the value attributes of different goods, the management configuration of different warehouses, etc., it is necessary to select and target scientific planning, and do a good job of specializing in each area, and flexible matching.

Four, scientific storage shelf scheme

In the warehouses of some companies, the placement of goods is to sit anywhere, simply put them on pallets on the ground, and just stack them up. These products are more suitable to be placed on storage shelves, and it is unscientific to waste a lot of upper three-dimensional space.

We can design scientific shelf design schemes and manufacture shelves that are more suitable for their products.

Scientific storage shelves not only save a lot of wasted space, but also provide many other conveniences:

1. Reduce labor demand by two-thirds;

2. Improve the sense of responsibility of individuals and departments;

3. Increase the safety of the product;

4. Deliver products to operators more quickly and conveniently, which improves efficiency;

5. Make the accuracy rate reach 98%;

6. Increased throughput capacity;

7. Create more profits by using wasted space.

Five, modification

It is necessary to consider changes in the logistics structure (such as product range, product turnover, order quantity, performance parameters), processes that have been implemented or planned to change (including delivery times, quality requirements, etc.), and IT system replacement (such as application New ERP system) and location screening issues. When you develop more space from existing equipment and facilities, you will feel that it is meaningless to buy or lease a space.