Warehouse Designs: Balancing Space, Time, and Cost

The way you design your warehouse could mean the difference between a year in the black and a year in the red. Profitability is so directly linked to warehouse operations that creating warehouse designs has become a big business in itself. Even for companies that were careful in their warehouse design when the warehouse first opened, it’s almost guaranteed that warehouse designs must change and adapt over time.

What should be the focal points of warehouse designs? The first, most obvious aspect is space. It is extremely important to make use of every inch of warehouse space—vertical, horizontal, and lateral. Warehouse designs optimize warehouse space by placing equipment like warehouse shelving, pallet rack, and mezzanines.

Of course, whenever warehouse designs involve buying equipment to utilize space, there is a cost factor involved. Adding up the cost of operating your warehouse is another crucial element of warehouse designs. In addition to using material handling equipment to save space and money, good warehouse designs can reduce labor costs, injury costs, liability costs, building costs, and dock costs.

An important factor in the cost of warehouse designs is how the designs help save time. Time is money, after all, so warehouse designs should always take time into account. Warehouse designs can save your facility time in order picking, travel time, inventory, package handling, and much more.

Ace Industrial Equipment has consulted many of our customers regarding warehouse designs. Feel free to put our expertise to work in your warehouse. Call or e-mail us and we’ll be glad to answer your questions about utilizing the most space in your warehouse design.