Here at Industrial & Commercial Design Ltd we have had a lot of enquires from small and large businesses who are considering consolidating their distribution or operational activities.
Industrial & Commercial Designs vast experience and knowledge in the design and consultancy as well as the installation of storage equipment means they have been able to offer excellent advice to these enquires.
The simplest question is why would you want to consolidate distribution operations?
- Reduce holding costs
- Changing market conditions.
- High costs to operate multiple facilities
- Redundancies in network due to acquisition
- Ability to leverage automation technology with higher consolidated volumes.
The biggest advantage Industrial & Commercial Design always mentions is that warehouse consolidation means you only pay for the space and labour that your company uses. When warehouse inventory is low, having the extra warehouse space is not the right choice especially in this current economic climate.
In industry why pay more per unit for both your warehouse facility and your labour to handle reduced volume.
On the other side if you experience a peak period you can avoid higher setup costs and time needed to respond to demand fluctuations.
Industrial & Commercial Design believe in maximising existing warehouse and maximising existing office space to reduce costs and our consultants are able to consult & recommend how to effectively and productively use your existing warehouse or office space.
A number of our clients operate a number of warehouses which have fast moving inventory which is stocked in very large quantities so that it’s always available. At the same time they also have excess slow moving stock which they have because of a minimum order amount. Both these add up to a stock inventory and can lead to expensive warehouse costs as well as requiring more storage capacity.
Sometimes the easiest solution is to purchase the extra warehouse space. However our consultants in storage equipment can offer great advice on which is the best storage equipment to use to expand your existing warehouse space. Industrial & Commercial Design offers a number of storage solutions which range from Racking & Shelving.
Industrial & Commercial Design offers five different types of racking products. These included Pallet Racking & Associated Accessories, Wide Span Bays, Garment Racking, Vertical Racking & Cantilever Racking.
Industrial & Commercial Designs shelving systems are also just as impressive. Industrial & Commercial Design is one of the UK’s leading shelving specialists and offering a shelving solution to fit every purpose.
Industrial & Commercial Design also offers a number of other storage systems & solutions. Live storage units can be incorporated with pallet racking and wide bay shelving.
Sometimes we are asked to supply specialist racking and specialist racking systems. Steel racks for example work well in cold storage where regular racks would become brittle.
It’s also important that as part of the storage equipment health & safety and regulations that surveys be carried out as part of the SEMA regulations annually. You can contact a member of our team here at Industrial & Commercial Design to request more information.