Establish can comprehensively review and develop modern warehouse / distribution center facilities and processes to provide maximum service to customers
using optimal techniques and layouts.
Within a short period of time — sixty to ninety days - we can:
Benchmark warehouse operations and costs.
Develop labor productivity audits.
Simulate warehouse operations.
Establish and maintain productivity standards.
Deliver improved layouts and operating plans for distribution centers; emphasizing materials flow, staffing and equipment.
Specify material handling and storage equipment, and warehouse automation.
Perform analysis and recommend materials handling systems, operations, engineered work standards, and management productivity control systems.
Design new facilities or redesign existing operations.
Also, within the same period of time, Establish can:
Evaluate the cost and service performance levels of existing 3PL providers.
Identify, evaluate and recommend potential 3PL providers.
Plan and lead the transition from company operated or 3PL operated warehouses to new 3PL operations.
The modern warehouse, or distribution center, whether company operated or 3PL operated is the key operation in most logistics networks. Whether connected to a plant or as a stand-alone facility, single-line or multiple-line mixing facility, the warehouse must run efficiently, providing maximum levels of service to the customer.