How to Layout a Warehouse or Distribution Center

Adjacency Optimization

Based primarily on material flow patterns, processes with high adjacency requirements, should be located close to one another. For example, reserve storage should be located near receiving, since there is typically a lot of material flow between receiving and reserve storage. The same can be said for receiving and cross-docking, cross-docking and shipping, case picking and pallet storage, case picking and broken case picking, picking activities and packing activities, and packing activities with shipping. These natural flow relationships often lead to the U-shape flow design.

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