Storage Machine
Slotting Optimisation

Get the most out of your high-value storage machinery with OptiStore’s slotting optimisation. We boost picking efficiency, maximise machine utilisation, and reduce wear and tear.

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What is Storage Machine Optimisation?

Storage machine slotting optimisation is the strategic arrangement of products within your storage machines to speed up order picking, maximise utilisation, and reduce wear and tear.

 

We boost pick rates by analysing your product sales patterns and placing products together based on their relationships. This means machines can retrieve multiple products in one hit, increasing your picking throughput.

 

To maximise utilisation and even out wear and tear, we make sure products are strategically divided between different machines. This means you won’t be waiting for one machine to retrieve several products while other machines are idle, but it also means your machines will wear evenly, streamlining the maintenance process.

 

OptiStore adapts to your constraints and type of machine, and we can work with varying amounts of data. We can optionally use product dimensions to automatically ensure our optimised layouts will fit in your machine shelves / bins. On completion, we provide you with data and diagrams to represent your optimised storage layout.

 

OptiStore aims to take the guesswork out of stocking your machines, whether you’re trying to boost margins, streamline a new site, or get the most out of your equipment.

 

BENEFITS

  1. Increased Efficiency: Dispatch more orders in less time.
  2. Load Balancing: Maximise utilisation of all machines and even out wear and tear.
  3. Optimised Fit: We ensure the required quantities of each product will fit in your storage space perfectly.
  4. No Guesswork: Know where to put every product in the optimal place without assumptions.
  5. Machine Configuration Advice: We provide guidelines for the best settings on your machines to maximise the benefits of your optimised layout.
  6. Harness Your Data: We analyse sales trends and product relationships to optimise storage.
  7. Customised Results: Receive your optimised layouts in data, diagrams, or your preferred format.
  8. Tailored to Your Needs: Fully customised service that adapts to your data availability and constraints.
  9. Expert Advice: Benefit from OptiStore’s warehousing and data analysis expertise—no need to explain the basics to us.

What You’ll Need

Our data requirements vary depending on your needs, however typically we’ll need some or all the following data:

  1. Sales Data
    1. Used to analyse product popularity and volume.
    2. At minimum, only requires Order ID, Date, Product ID, Quantity.
  2. Product Data
    1. Used for the layout optimisation process.
    2. Must include basics like Product ID, Name, Description. Can include things like product category.
  3. Size and Weight Data
    1. Optionally required depending on your objectives and data availability.
    2. Used for determining product space and storage requirements.
  4. Storage Machine Specifications
    1. We use this to understand your machine’s storage capabilities and limitations to customise our services to your needs.
    2. Requires information like number of machines, number of shelves / bins, dimensions, weight limits, and shelf dividers.

Your data is protected by our Privacy Policy and is only used for your benefit as agreed.

How It Works

STAGE 1 | SEND US YOUR DATA AND GOALS

Free Consultation
We have a meeting to determine if our services are right for you, if you have the right data, and what services you’re interested in. You can ask any questions you have, and we can book you in for a strategy meeting.

Strategy Meeting
We meet to discuss your requirements in greater detail and plan out our project scope and optimisation strategy. We will ask you plenty of questions to ensure we get the full picture.

Data Alignment
We ensure data requirements are determined and agreed upon. We assist you in procuring the right data for your goals.


STAGE 2 | WE RUN OUR CUSTOM ALGORITHMS

Requirements Analysis
We analyse your requirements and ensure we are on the same page. We determine the best approach to achieve your objectives.

Customisation
We customise our algorithms to handle your requirements if necessary. This can include adjusting our data pipelines or changing our data output formats and layout diagrams. We will ensure our optimisation strategy is suited to your goals.

Optimisation
We will produce optimised storage layouts and perform testing while adjusting parameters. We will do this until we have deduced the optimal results for you. We will work with you during this process to ensure the quality of the results.


STAGE 3 | YOU RECEIVE OPTIMISED LAYOUTS

Results
We will provide you the final optimised product storage layout for your warehouse racking or your storage machines in your required format. This can include data and diagrams.

Instructions
We will provide you with instructions on how to implement the optimised layouts and how to interpret the results.

Advice
We will provide you with expert advice on how to make the most of the optimised layout. This can include recommendations on picking routes or settings for your machines with respect to your layout.

Why OptiStore?

  • OptiStore specialises in offering warehouse slotting optimisation as a service. We put in the hard yards so you don’t have to.
  • OptiStore is an Aussie business, though we’re open to business outside of Australia too.
  • Our service is tailored to your needs. We customise our algorithms and perform testing to see what works best for you.
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“We increased our output by 20% thanks to OptiStore!”

“OptiStore has been incredible to work with at every step!”

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What exactly does OptiStore provide?

We provide you with diagrams and data to represent optimal product placement layouts in your physical warehouse storage. We do this according to your requirements and goals, and we use your data to do it. We also provide instructions and expert advice regarding optimisation.

OptiStore can help determine whether this will benefit you or not. If you have a lot of products and pick a lot of orders in a warehouse, chances are you can benefit from slotting optimisation.

Absolutely, get in touch and we’ll discuss your requirements.

OptiStore can help you with this if you provide us with the right data!

Get in touch and we’ll find out!

OptiStore offers customised solutions, so get in touch and we’ll see what we can do!

Primarily, we require basic product data and sales data. The sales data only requires things like product, quantity, order date, order number, etc. No monetary or customer information is required. Optionally, we also require dimensions, weights and measures, and product box and carton quantities if you decide to use those.

Your data will be handled according to our privacy policy and all applicable laws. Your data will only be used to perform the tasks you require of OptiStore. Once the project is completed, we will remove your data from our systems.

Get in touch anyway and we may still be able to work with you!

OptiStore provides instructions, advice, data, and diagrams. You will have to handle the physical implementation of the optimised layouts in your warehouse.

If required we can discuss options, however typically this shouldn’t be required. We are always open to video meetings.

No, OptiStore specialises in slotting optimisation.

We can’t quote a number without knowing details of the project complexity. It will depend on how much customisation to OptiStore’s processes are required to satisfy your requirements. Additionally, subsequent re-optimisations will be significantly cheaper if your requirements stay the same as last time.

Yes! OptiStore is a GST registered business, so you can claim a GST credit on our services and include the price of our services as a business expense, though you’ll need to discuss the particulars with a tax accountant.

Got More Questions?

If you have a request we haven’t addressed, or any unanswered questions, just reach out! We’d love to book you in for a free consultation to explore options.

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