Warehouse Operation Simulation

The warehouse operation simulation module of CLASS allows managers to run any number of ‘What if?’ scenarios in an iterative process.

CLASS has been key in enabling us to
achieve our goal of substantially increasing
warehouse capacity - in one case by 40%
and deferring the need for new capital
investment. In the future, it will
become the platform for continuous
improvement across our entire warehouse network

Duncan Forbes
Industrial Engineer Development Manager - ASDA

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A What-if Wizard enables users to create simulations rapidly, testing, learning and re-testing their assumptions about future change as well as their ideas for performance improvement across the warehouse site without risk to on-going operations. The ease-of-use of the technology belies an underlying complexity which means CLASS has the power to reveal hidden operational interdependencies or inefficient resources or the true impact of additional volumes as well as many other issues that defy conventional analysis.

 

Recent users of the warehouse simulation module have found that CLASS Warehouse Operation Simulation:

  • Quantifies the benefits of different strategies, quickly
  • Identifies priority opportunities to rationalise resource levels and increase productivity
  • Creates substantial time and cost savings
  • Generates confidence in management decisions and ‘buy in’ from investors, directors, customers and the workforce
  • Enables managers to determine the best cost versus service balance for their supply chain
  • Increases warehouse flexibility and response to volume fluctuations without cost escalation
  • Offers a visual dynamism and on-screen clarity that is vital in communicating the issues to the team and the customer

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