CASE STUDY 1

Customer: hardware home furnishings wholesale / retail


REQUIREMENTS

- new space for sales and merchandising

- reorganization of the retail store and distribution center

INITIAL PARAMETERS

Covered area: 1,730 sq.m.

Height: 6.5 m

Volume: 11,240 cubic meters

INITIAL SITUATION

- long queues to the counter (more than 20 min)

- lack of material traceability

- materials stored in non-organized spaces

- picking done traditionally




PERFORMED ACTIVITIES

- survey on existing product categories (more than 50,000 end items of various shapes and sizes);

- reclassification of materials according to the load / capacity profile of the new warehouse ;

- new layout for product families;

- coordination with structural and architectural designers to optimize the material flow according to building constraints.

FINAL PARAMETERS

- Uncovered area: 6,912 sq.m.

- Covered area : 9,696 sq. m.

- Height under beam: 9 m

- Volume: 91,143 cubic meters

- Number of pallet locations: 7,330

- Cantilever: 1.126 m

- Light shelving: 4,606 m

- Material entry area : 720 sq.m.

- Shipping Area: 600 sq.m.

- Automatic Vertical Storage: 3,360 cubic meters


RESULTS

- availability of suitable areas for business development;

- reduction of picking lead time (from 20 to 5 minutes);

- defined identification of store areas by product families.