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Keeping up with a warehouse’s various operations is considerable work, especially when you are unsure which areas need improvement. At Fairchild Equipment, we will audit your facility and work with you to design a warehouse that meets your business goals.
Warehouse Operations Analysis
Our warehouse analysis will enable you to identify areas where you can benefit from better efficiency and safety.
Here are some of the factors we will analyze in a basic warehouse review:
- Storage and material handling mediums throughout the facility
- Opportunities for improvement
- Basic design ideas for “quick wins” in improving efficiency
- The presence and functionality of safety tools and equipment
- Your staff’s observance of procedures during picking operations
- Safe storage of materials on pallets
- The use of technologies such as barcode scanners and warehouse management systems
Our sales team will visit your location to perform this basic review at no cost. Once we have analyzed the data, we will present you with a report that will guide future planning. We’ll also discuss a return visit to review opportunities of importance.
Warehouse Storage and Handling Design Systems Study
If you would like a more in-depth warehouse audit, we will study your warehouse storage and handling design systems. This detailed study has a cost compared to the basic review. It will consist of 40 hours of analysis and will include services such as:
- Meeting with process owners to understand existing processes and how they run
- Taking stock of existing material handling equipment
- Measuring storage and work areas
- Evaluating operational procedures and their history
- Assessing future equipment needs
- Creating concepts for new systems
- Reviewing newer technologies that might provide increased operational efficiency
We will provide a report at the end of the study consisting of drawings, quotations and data. If we propose adding new system equipment to your warehouse, the report will include an attachment with a clarification of scope, elaborate drawings, costs, lead times and your capacity for new machines.
If we complete a project following this study, you’ll receive a credit back to apply to its cost.
Engineering and Design Study
We also offer a third-tier paid warehouse study that analyzes your engineering and design needs in depth. Since it is more detailed than the 40-hour design audit, it takes two to three weeks to complete.
Some of the tasks we perform during the study include:
- Conducting a site visit to understand your needs better
- Reviewing existing processes through team interviews
- Taking an inventory of existing equipment
- Reviewing and analyzing customer velocity reports for order activity
- Measuring the work and storage area
- Creating a warehouse layout using computer-aided design (CAD) files
- Assessing product rotation options using different storage styles like high-density, automation and first in, first out (FIFO)
- Examining future equipment needs
- Discussing your order picking and movement procedures pertaining to methods of conveyance, order assembly and shipping manifest
- Developing multiple layout options for storage and handling systems
- Providing all drawings, reports and proposals for your use
Contact Us for Help Improving Your Warehouse Efficiency
Choose Fairchild Equipment for warehouse operations and process review services tailored to improve safety and efficiency in your facility. Whether you are looking for a basic audit or a more detailed, comprehensive study, our team of experts can provide recommendations to help your operations.
Many customers have benefitted from our warehouse designs, and so can you. Our decades of experience enable us to understand customer needs and provide practical and efficient solutions.
Contact us now to learn more and request this service.
Hyster & Yale Robotics Solutions Studies
Basic Review: Fairchild Equipment warehouse specialists visit a customer’s site to gather pertinent details about the operation, their goals and objectives, and content to determine needs and return on investment (ROI) qualifications for robotic fork truck (AGV) applications.
Design Study – When a qualified need is identified and vetted by the customer, Fairchild Equipment, and HYG Robotics, a proposal will be submitted to visit the customer’s site to do an in-depth analysis of the operation to design the elements of the new automated system. Following the audit, we will create a complete scope and sequence of operations that defines the implementation plan of a Robotic Fork Truck System. This will require the involvement from both Fairchild Equipment and Hyster-Yale Manufacturing Engineering personnel working together to create the best system for your operation.
