Capacity boosted by 25%
Plastic polystyrene sheet and acrylic materials manufacturer, Quinn Plastics, has boosted warehouse capacity by 25% using Lanner’s Witness predictive simulation platform.
Faced with a need to increase storage capacity without significantly increasing overheads in a new warehouse for finished products, the manufacturer turned to predictive simulation.
Working with consultancy Dynamic Future and Witness, the team created a model designed to assess a series of design options for Quinn Plastics’ warehouse including dispatch layout; various warehousing technology solutions, and different types of handling equipment.
Jan Slajer, CEO, Dynamic Future, said: “Optimisation of the simulation model showed that best solution was to adopt a standard pallet racking warehouse with either additional clearance, or the removal of saws currently in the storage facility. The predictive simulation conclusions also led to a recommendation for barcode-led automatic identification and resulted in an average increase in storage capacity of at least 25%.”
