Most warehouses change shape over the course of time.
Whilst the square footage and eave heights might remain the same, the interior will be subject to change in order that it can be utilised for the services it needs to provide.
Mezzanine floors particularly for large SKU based Ecommerce operations are quite common as are driven conveyors to move product and parcels around prior to despatch loading.
Pallet racking is a Capital Expenditure (Capex) item usually needing a business case to support its purchase. These business cases will highlight timescales, risks, benefits and costs – whilst experience in the field of change is most advantageous, access to data that improves the decision making process will help make the project a more certain success.
The executive team being asked to approve what are significant levels of spend, introducing risk to the business, will want clarity and comfort knowing this equipment and investment is necessary and where it can be demonstrated, is the most cost effective solution.
This comfort is best found by proving detailed analysis of a before and after scenario illustrating the cost variation, hugely important when a return on the capital invested is a key factor in the approval process.
Sometimes the change under consideration is more than just pallet racking and a wider relay is required to get the warehouse in a position to handle a new customer or a change of throughput profile.
Vitesse can model months of throughput in the proposed new layout for comparison against the current. Meaning executives will have empirical data showing the impact of the proposed change making the business case much more robust and easier to approve.
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