Evaluating Warehouse Space Before Signing a Lease
When evaluating warehouse space, a lease commits your operation for five to ten years, tying up capital, fixing your cost structure, and determining how efficiently […]
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Designing Warehouses Around Economic Capacity Instead of Peak Days
One of the most common misconceptions in warehouse design is that facilities should be engineered to accommodate the single highest peak day of the year. […]
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Increasing Speed Without More Warehouses
Speed has become the currency of customer loyalty. When a shopper places an order, the countdown to delivery begins immediately in their mind, and every […]
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10-Year Distribution Strategy vs a 2-Year Fix
Most companies approach their distribution strategy as a problem to be solved rather than a long-term system to be designed. A warehouse runs out of […]
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Employee Turnover: Designing Warehouses to Retain Employees
Employee turnover in warehousing is notoriously high compared to other industries, and that reality should shape design decisions just as much as racking layouts or […]
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9 Common Warehouse Design Mistakes
Avoiding warehouse design mistakes is critical when we walk into a facility for the first time and patterns emerge quickly. Most warehouses were not designed […]
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