Capacity and Operational Optimization of Warehouses
Warehouse performance improvement is a critical priority to address challenging operational conditions, significant volume growth, or business transformation.
We support our clients through this transition with highly hands-on engagements, delivering pragmatic and sustainable solutions to maximize logistics site performance.
Our convictions
- A holistic and cross-functional perspective is essential in these engagements to redesign flows and define logical, efficient zones.
- Focusing on a limited area or a single team prevents you from fully unlocking the potential of your site and the performance of all teams involved.
Optimizing space can sometimes lead to less efficient solutions (drive-in racks, radio shuttle systems, narrow aisles).
It is essential to assess all impacts (costs, quality, lead times) to strike the right balance, while keeping customer service levels in focus.
Optimization should not result in excessive rigidity that would prevent the warehouse from adapting to future changes.
Optimization initiatives must be carried out as close to operations as possible—both to ensure robust and pragmatic solutions and to drive team buy-in, which is critical for evolving ways of working.
Warehouse inefficiencies are often partly driven by factors outside the warehouse itself (order cut-off times, supplier palletization, delivery schedules, etc.).
Achieving performance therefore also requires analyzing external root causes and involving cross-functional stakeholders in identifying and implementing improvements.
Our engagements are designed to initiate or accelerate a continuous improvement approach.
We bring proven methodologies (VSM, 5S, process mapping, cost simulation tools) that your teams can leverage independently over time.
Our solutions and approach
Warehouse Capacity Assessment
- Definition of inventory policy (coverage levels, target service levels) and storage strategy (in-house vs. outsourced)
- Analysis of space requirements by activity and process over the coming years
- Capacity assessment: What is the current available capacity for each activity?
- Assessment of current and future utilization levels
Warehouse Capacity Optimization
- Analysis of saturation by activity area and prioritization of actions
- Inventory segmentation to identify root causes of utilization
- Development of layout scenarios to ensure smooth warehouse operations
- Impact assessment of scenarios and decision support
- Support in implementing selected solutions
Warehouse Operational Optimization
- Cost analysis by activity and benchmarking against industry standards
- Identification of performance levers
- Collaborative process design and operational reorganization
- End-to-end support through transformation until target performance levels are achieved
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Partner
A graduate of INSA Lyon in Industrial Engineering, Maxence has held both operational and project roles over the past 20 years.
He has served as a Supply Chain Manager within leading logistics service providers as well as in industrial companies, leading major supply chain projects across a wide range of environments. Today, Maxence leads large-scale supply chain transformation programs across multiple industries.
Among our references
Cost analysis by product family & operational diagnostics of two logistics platforms
Analysis and optimization of external logistics
Logistics performance diagnostics and improvement
Continuous improvement plan for a national logistics platform – Monozukuri approach
Definition of logistics cost models & competitiveness assessment
Audit and mapping of logistics flows