Storerooms, inventory and materials
Warehouse
The warehouse is where material availability, working capital and labor cost meet. Layout, controls and daily routines decide which of the three wins.
What we see repeatedly
The pressures this sector carries
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Inventory accuracy and visibility
When the record and the shelf disagree, planners protect themselves with stock the business is paying to hold.
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Layout, travel and workflow
Distance walked is cost incurred, and it rarely appears in any report.
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Storeroom discipline
Receipting, issuing and cycle counting are the least visible processes and the most expensive when they slip.
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Ownership and decision rights
Nobody disputes the inventory number until somebody has to reduce it.
- Lean warehousing
- Inventory control and cycle counting
- Storeroom and materials management
- Layout and workflow redesign
- Performance measures for warehouse and service support
- Governance, ownership and decision rights
- Value stream mapping
- Sustainment routines and audits
Measured outcomes
What has been delivered in this sector
- Improved warehouse efficiency and inventory control practices in a mining and resources organization
- Reduced working capital tied up in inventory
- Improved warehouse and storeroom operating practices at a public transit agency
Client identities are withheld under confidentiality agreements. Results vary by engagement.
Rapid Assessment
Two to three days on your site or function
A Rapid Assessment gives leadership a fact-based view of the performance gap, the likely value and the right next step, in the language your operation already uses.