{"id":18181,"date":"2023-03-13T09:51:17","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T08:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prologistik.pixel-tal.de\/solutions\/warehouse-planning"},"modified":"2025-03-12T10:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T09:54:12","slug":"warehouse-planning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.prologistik.com\/en\/solutions\/warehouse-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Warehouse planning"},"content":{"rendered":" \n \n \n \n\t\t\t
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What is warehouse planning?<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You can run a warehouse with the greatest possible economic success only with good planning. However, since a wide variety of influences and factors have to be taken into account here, successful warehouse planning is a very complex process that can be divided into three areas: receiving, storage and shipping.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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Incoming goods<\/h2><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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The name is telling already: when the goods arrive, they are received in the incoming goods department. At the same time, the quality of the goods is checked here and the loading units are adjusted if the product characteristics require it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goods receiving area should be located directly next to the unloading ramps and have enough space to work with all the products that are received in the warehouse on a normal working day. Ideally, there is another area next to the receiving area where incoming goods that arrive unscheduled can be processed.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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If it is necessary to adapt the incoming loading units, the area should be expanded and the appropriate resources such as sufficient personnel, suitable workbenches and tools should be available. It would be good if part of the storage area could be designated for storing empty containers and a system for disposing of the original containers could be implemented.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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The storage area<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You can run a warehouse with the greatest possible economic success only with good planning. However, since a wide variety of influences and factors have to be taken into account here, successful warehouse planning is a very complex process that can be divided into three areas: receiving, storage and shipping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warehouse planning with combined storage systems<\/strong>
In order to achieve optimum warehouse planning, the turnover rates and products are classified into three categories: low, medium and high turnover. These three categories are determined on the basis of an average reference value. The positioning of the products in the warehouse is then determined:<\/p>\n\n\n\n