The right strategy for raw materials and finish goods warehousing can make a large impact on the operational and logistics costs for a business.  High speed production lines require adequate supply and removal of goods, and UKES can evaluate and propose the most appropriate arrangements.  

Objectives are to ensure optimal running of the production facility, while minimising the man-power, double-handling and space costs.  We can support your business from  first principles design, through to a fully operational warehouse, using a range of tehniques.

• SKU analysis and provision for range proliferation
• Economic Delivery and Dispatch Quantities, and the associated collation areas
• Development of Work Flow Schematics for least "touch points" on the bulk goods.
• Order Picking Routines & methodology  (Automated retrieval vs. Narrow-Aisle Trucks)
• Racking Design: Static or  Live configurations
• Conditioning of storage areas, for Temperature, Relative Humidity and UV Exposure
• Bulk Material Transfer Systems from end of line into warehousing arrangement
• "Wrap-around" Building based on racking design, or fit out of conventional portal framed structure
• Space Recovery assessment to maximise working footprint
• Unit Travel Distance assessment to optimise the route of goods FIFO flow through system or mass block storage
• Performance Criteria to F.E.M standards (9.221, 9.851)
• Product traceability and Control Philosophy
• Data management via Warehouse Management System, often linked to Production's SCADA system

UKES has developed and installed warehousing solutions ranging from "3 high" static pallet racks, to fully demanned integrated Automatic Storage and Retrieval Systems

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