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In general the handling in a warehouse does not add much value to a product. The majority of the processes consist of moving products from one location to another. Each movement takes time and therefore increases the cost due to personnel and equipment use. The number of movements and the distance are the biggest part of the operational costs in a warehouse. To reduce the cost, the number of product movements and the distance should be reduced.
Flexsim Warehouse Modeller (Flexsim WM) focuses on reducing these operational costs, by:
- Improving process design and layout
- Defining variables and logic for WMS control
- Optimize and schedule the utilization of people and resources
 
The Flexsim WM is a simulation environment that is used for analyzing and optimizing warehouse processes. In combination with the TALUMIS expertise, the simulation models can be created very fast and accurate. These models are then used to analyze, improve and control the processes.
 
In short the Flexsim WM and TALUMIS expertise is used in:
- Implementation and detailing WMS systems
- Improvement projects (define new layout and/or new work strategies)
- Controlling changes in order patterns or activities
- Finding optimal work schedules for pickers and operators
- Defining picking strategies
- Investigating the Return Of Investment
- As a planning tool: Find out the number of necessary people for the next day/week/month
 
The main factor in the dynamic warehouse processes is TIME. Over the day the arrival of goods and new orders fluctuate. It is not sufficient to calculate with averages to control a complex system such as a warehouse. At different times the request for capacity changes. The simulation approach of Flexsim WM guarantees detailed quantitative results that can control these fluctuations. This offers the possibility to use the toolkit as a planning system. It is possible to determine where and when capacity is needed. In this way you will never have too few or too many people or resources.
 
The toolkit offers a very detailed and attractive 3D visualization of the warehouse and the processes. Therefore bottlenecks can be identified both visually and quantitatively. This will easily convince people of the performance of different concepts.
 
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The Toolkit and the TALUMIS expertise will result in:
- Reduction of the number of the pickers and operators
- Increase picking efficiency
- Efficient use of equipment
- Insight in current and future performance
- Convincing 3D visualization
- Efficient planning and scheduling of operators
- Reduction of order throughput time
To summarize: reduce the operational costs!
 
Do you want to know how to reduce your warehouse operational cost dramatically, please contact us.
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