Logistics
Warehouse planning
Efficient warehouse planning for your warehouse
How well prepared is your warehouse for the requirements of tomorrow? Changing demand, increasing variant diversity, uncertain supply chains as well as new warehouse technologies and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are presenting companies with increasingly complex challenges. Efficient and flexible warehouse structures are essential to successfully meet these requirements. With our many years of experience in warehouse planning, we support companies in tapping potential, optimizing processes and developing future-proof warehouse concepts. The result is high-performance warehouse structures that increase productivity and also create long-term competitive advantages.
Philipp Carl
Senior Manager Logistics
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Structural planning
The optimum warehouse layout for maximum efficiency
When planning a new warehouse or expanding or redesigning an existing one, it is crucial to dimension the structure and the associated technology and processes flexibly and soundly in the long term. The warehouse organization and warehouse logistics must therefore be clearly defined and suitable IT systems selected. Based on this, an optimal transport system can be set up by selecting the appropriate conveyor and storage technology. Different layout scenarios are taken into consideration in order to ensure the best possible use of space.
We analyze your warehouse requirements, internal material flows and growth scenarios in order to develop tailor-made concepts for your warehouse planning and logistics center. We dimension the individual warehouse areas, select the appropriate warehouse technology and optimize both the warehouse structure and the processes for an optimal layout. We calculate the necessary investments and expenses and develop a well-founded recommendation for action with a detailed action plan for implementation.
Furthermore, it is essential to include the building structure in the planning in order to utilize synergies between building and warehouse planning. We record all the building-related requirements of your warehouse in a detailed room book and take over communication with both your factory planning and architects.
Our service packages:
- Developing solution variants for warehouse organization and warehouse and conveyor technology
- Determine individual degree of automation
- Analyze and optimize material flows
- Plan detailed concept and design optimal warehouse layout
- Carry out a well-founded profitability and utility analysis
- Develop a detailed implementation plan
- Create room book and coordinate building interfaces
Your benefit:
- Future-proof warehouse structures for long-term growth
- Efficient material flows and reduced process costs
- Maximum space utilization with optimum storage performance
- Sound decision-making basis for investments and technologies
- Minimized project risks through structured planning
Storage technologies
Optimize intralogistics with the right warehouse technology
Your intralogistics must meet both the increasing requirements and the growing complexity of supply chains. This requires a forward-looking logistics concept that is efficient, cost-effective and error-free. These requirements can therefore be achieved through various degrees of automation and suitable warehouse technologies. Strict quality control is also crucial to ensure the reliability of the system.
We analyze your warehouse structure in order to determine the optimal warehouse technologies for you and develop a suitable future-proof warehouse plan based on this. In doing so, we consider the conveyor and storage technology as well as identification and localization technologies in order to design your warehouse manually, partially or fully automated. The focus is on the feasibility of the concept so that manual and automated processes interlock.
Our service packages:
- Identify storage technologies taking into account the limits
- Carry out technical and economic evaluation
- Designing and implementing storage technologies
- Integrating the technology concept into the system landscape
Your benefit:
- Future-proof and competitive intralogistics
- Flexible and scalable warehouse structures
- Seamless integration into the digital system landscape
- Greater efficiency through smart processes
Rothbaum Warehouse Designer
The right technology and automation strategy
Only through the precise selection and combination of modern storage, conveying and picking technology can a warehouse achieve its full performance – in new builds and modernization projects alike. At the same time, complexity is increasing: the range of innovative automation and robotics solutions is growing rapidly, new providers are entering the market and established systems are undergoing rapid technological development.
Which technology and automation strategy best addresses your own requirements – technically, process-wise and economically? The challenge lies not only in accurately selecting the optimum level of automation, but also the right system architecture and the right combination of warehouse technology, robotics and digital control. A well-founded business case that maps performance, scalability, investment costs and operating costs is essential for this. The basis for this is the exact dimensioning of the storage cube, valid performance data, transparent investment calculations and a well thought-out layout including 3D visualization.
Design and evaluate storage systems independently of manufacturers
In order to master this complexity in warehouse planning quickly, precisely and manufacturer-neutrally, Rothbaum relies on a specially developed and continuously expanded planning tool: the Rothbaum Warehouse Designer. This contains a comprehensive technology and manufacturer database with the relevant mechanical, functional and economic parameters of standard market systems – from miniload and shuttle technologies, AutoStore, Exotec, pallet high-bay warehouses, shelving and robotic picking through to highly automated conveying and sorting systems. This allows realistic layouts, system configurations and variant comparisons to be generated in the shortest possible time, including meaningful scenarios on throughput, capacity, energy requirements, investment volume and return on investment.
The focus is particularly on future-oriented automation and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions: autonomous mobile robots (AMR), fully automated shuttle and cube storage systems, robot-based picking technology, digitally networked material flow control, IoT sensor technology and AI-supported process optimization. Rothbaum’s vendor-neutral perspective and extensive practical experience in the design and implementation of state-of-the-art logistics systems provide companies with a clear, reliable and technology-neutral basis for decision-making – from the initial concept vision to the final system selection.
Our service packages:
- Determine the optimum degree of automation and suitable system architecture
- Select suitable storage, conveying and order picking technology
- Dimensioning storage cubes and creating layouts and 3D visualizations
- Use a vendor-neutral and database-supported planning tool for quick system configurations, performance analyses and business case calculations
- Evaluate state-of-the-art automation and AI technologies
Your benefit:
- Reliable and technology-neutral basis for decision-making
- Greater planning security thanks to transparent costs and ROI scenarios
- Fast and vendor-neutral system selection thanks to reduced complexity
- Optimum investment and process performance thanks to tailor-made automation solutions
Smart Warehouse
Designing processes efficiently with the help of intelligent storage systems
High order volumes and ever-increasing customer demands in terms of quality and delivery times pose new challenges for outdated warehouse systems. To meet these challenges, companies must sooner or later optimize or modernize their warehouse organization and technologies.
We increase the efficiency of your warehouse systems through warehouse automation, disruptive innovations and a well thought-out warehouse design as part of structured warehouse planning. Which levers offer the greatest added value for your structures through the use of innovative technologies?
Our service packages:
- Identify the appropriate level of automation for warehouse systems and smart technologies
- Compare, evaluate and select intelligent storage systems
- Analyze, restructure and optimize existing warehouse organizations
- Planning networked transportation systems
Your benefit:
- Individual and sustainable storage concepts
- Greater transparency and networking thanks to data availability
- More efficiency in warehouse processes and material flows
- Increased agility and adaptability of warehouse structures
Invitation to tender
Successful warehouse logistics and warehouse management by choosing reliable partners
The success of warehouse planning depends largely on the service provider who implements the individual steps of warehouse optimization or restructuring. For this reason, it is particularly important to make the tender as specific and open to solutions as possible when it comes to complex solution requirements. A thorough selection process based on key evaluation criteria is also crucial.
We support you with our many years of experience and our strong partner network in the tendering and awarding of contracts. We summarize all important technical requirements and specifications in functional specifications. If required, we can also take over the entire coordination of the tendering process, including coordination between potential suppliers and your technical experts.
Our service packages:
- Coordinate the tendering and awarding process holistically
- Pre-select potential suppliers with modern technologies
- Design specifications and detailed evaluation criteria
- Compare offers and evaluate them technically and economically
Your benefit:
- Manufacturer-independent and customized selection of optimal service providers and solutions
- Reduced risk in the selection of technologies and service providers
- Safe and well-founded decisions thanks to transparent comparability
- Time and effort savings throughout the tendering process
Realization
Successful implementation of warehouse planning with professional project management.
The realization of a concept is decisive for its economic success. As an experienced implementation partner, we therefore bundle all trades and take on the overarching coordination and organization. Thanks to our many years of experience in the operational implementation of logistics projects, we understand the language of all those involved and accompany you through all phases of implementation.
To ensure a smooth ramp-up, we also provide support with internal change management and qualify your staff, for example through training. In this way, we pave the way for a timely and successful adaptation of the new processes and structures. By supporting you from the preparation and test phase through to regular operation, we ensure that all potential is exploited to the maximum.
Our service packages:
- Carry out project management for new planning or optimization of the warehouse
- Control, monitor and update project schedules
- Organize change management and personnel qualification
- Support implementation from preparation through test phase to regular operation
- Organize and coordinate all parties involved
Your benefit:
- Central project management with a fixed contact person for all project phases
- Transparent overview of the current status of the project
- Reliable commissioning through structured change management and training
- On-schedule and low-risk implementation of the warehouse project
- Smooth transition to stable regular operation
What is warehouse planning?
Warehouse planning refers to the strategic design and optimization of warehouse facilities and processes within a company. The aim of warehouse planning is to ensure efficient, cost-effective and smooth warehousing that meets the specific requirements of a company.
What is a storage plan?
A warehouse plan is a schematic representation or diagram that shows the layout and organization of a warehouse, storage hall or storage system. It is used to visualize the location of stored goods, shelves, aisles, workstations, loading zones and other important areas within the warehouse. As a rule, the warehouse plan consists of several sub-individual plans:
- Detailed storage plan for raw materials and supplies
- Detailed storage plan for company products (semi-finished and finished products)
- Stock overview for merchandise (if managed by the company)
- Overview of storage costs
