How to Layout a Warehouse or Distribution Center

RightChain Layout Methodology

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Develop expansion & contraction schemes.

Estimate high level space requirements.

ADJACENCY OPTIMIZATION

Step 4 in the RightChain Layout Methodology is adjacency optimization. The principle is to locate activities with high levels of material movement between them close to one another; and to make sure that activities that should be far removed from one another are.

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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