Warehouse Optimization

Warehouse Optimization

Warehouse optimization is the strategic process of identifying and implementing processes and technologies to improve efficiency and accelerate throughput in warehouse operations. Optimization involves analyzing all aspects of warehouse operations, including layout, workflow from receiving through outbound shipment, product and material handling and storage, labor requirements, and quality control.

The starting point in developing a high-yield warehouse optimization plan is to conduct a warehouse engineering study to evaluate your operations and identify areas for improvement. A warehouse optimization strategy typically includes several aspects of operations, including:

• Warehouse layout improvement: Effective space utilization is a cornerstone of a highly efficient warehouse operation. As such, the warehouse engineering study should analyze the current warehouse layout to identify ways to remove bottlenecks and streamline the flow of high-volume and slower-moving products through the facility.
• Optimizing material handling and storage: This may involve implementing cross-docking or zone-picking strategies to reduce handling time or using space-saving solutions such as pallet racking or automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS).
• Streamlining order fulfillment processes and workflows: This may involve reviewing existing tasks, such as picking, packing, and shipping, to identify and eliminate unnecessary steps or activities in the warehouse process.
• Undertaking a warehouse technology review to identify technologies that could maximize efficiency, accuracy, and throughput. Such technologies may include voice picking, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) or pick-to-light systems, conveyor belts or automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS).

Overall, warehouse optimization is an essential focus for businesses to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and increase capacity in their warehouse operations.

Numina’s Warehouse Optimization Consulting Services

The Numina Group offers comprehensive warehouse optimization consulting services. Numina is differentiated from other warehouse automation companies by our comprehensive solutions and services:

• Warehouse automation design services for new and existing facilities
• RDS™ WES-WCS warehouse automation software
• Comprehensive in-house software, industrial, and systems engineering staff
• Extensive integrations for all ERP and WMS systems
• Independent warehouse system integration expertise

Numina Group provides clients with a consultative design approach that uncovers and defines better processes and operational improvements, identifies technologies that reduce labor costs, and improves storage and space utilization.

Numina’s Warehouse Automation Solutions

Numina’s family of warehouse automation solutions include:

• Design and implementation of turnkey automated distribution centers
• RDS™ Warehouse Execution and Control System (WES-WCS) for picking, packing and shipping
• Multimodal voice picking systems for hands-free, eyes-forward picking
• Autonomous mobile robots (AMR) batch picking
• Post-pick, end-to-end pack and ship automation 
• Labor management tracking and reporting tools
• Print-and-apply labeling of packing slips, shipping labels and compliance labels
• Bombay, cross-belt & tilt-tray sorters for order fulfillment, returns and shipping
• Scan-weigh-dimension in-motion vision pack and ship verification