Layout is capacity. Before adding space, it pays to use what you have well - and the biggest lever is usually the height.
Principles that free up space
- Zone the space by activity: receiving, storage, picking, dispatch
- Go vertical - racking and a mezzanine turn air into capacity
- Keep aisles as narrow as your equipment safely allows
- Put offices and amenities on a mezzanine, off the productive floor
Designing a mezzanine into the layout
A mezzanine works best when it's planned around your flow - stairs and pallet gates where they suit picking and loading, headroom kept where forklifts need it. Altivo designs the structure around how you actually work, not the other way round.