How to Layout a Warehouse or Distribution Center

RightChain Layout Methodology

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Develop expansion & contraction schemes.

Estimate high level space requirements.

Step 3 in the RightChain Layout Methodology is bay matching. In bay matching, we assign activities that only require low clear heights, typically labor intensive activities, to low-bay space; and we assign activities that require tall clear heights, typically storage-intensive activities to high-bay space.

Select material handling methods.

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Optimize activity space requirements.

Bay match all space assignments.

Determine high-level facility flow.

Maximize activity adjacencies .

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