If you read our first post on warehouse design, you should have a good idea of the first items to work on before designing your facility. This post will focus on the next steps, getting a little more detailed. If you didn’t get a chance to look at our previous warehouse design post, you can find it here.
After you have all the details of your building and its features ironed out, you’ll need to choose what kind of storage you will be using. To determine this, you have to know your inventory. Be able to answer the following questions:
- How many different products/SKUs do I have?
- How quickly does my inventory turnover?
- What are the sizes and weights of my inventory?
- How much inventory am I storing?
- What is my budget?
- What kind of pallets will I be using?
You can take a look at our blog series on storage options for more in depth descriptions on the different pallet racking and shelving systems to determine which is right for you. Some may have more storage space but could be more expensive, so you’ll have to weight these factors in. Also, if you are using anything other than standard pallets, your system might have to be designed differently to accommodate them.
Once again, the flow of your warehouse is important when you are thinking about a good pallet racking layout. Noting where your dock doors are and how you will be loading and unloading the inventory will play a huge part in the design to make your facility the most productive it can be.
Contact us if you need any help or have questions about the warehouse design process, we would be happy to help out.
