And you thought managing a warehouse was difficult! Moving a warehousing operation is one of the most challenging and painstaking one-off project operations any business can undertake.

Notwithstanding the difficulty of the task, however, moving a warehouse is the ideal opportunity to improve your warehousing processes.

At STL Warehousing, we’ve project managed dozens of warehouse moves. And we don’t just move your existing warehouse to a new location; we examine what you’re doing now and devise ways of doing it better. Then we make it happen. We provide all of the data analysis, ‘hack work’, strategic direction and implementation, delivering true warehouse project management with the complete set up of the solution, including:

• Project management of all aspects of relocation
• Review the ideal operational requirements
• Assist in documenting processes to support training of staff
• Detailed analysis of solution design functionality (qualification of data)
• Warehouse layout configuration maximising data and facility attributes
• Project management of inventory relocation
• Project management of inventory check in and put-a-way process
• Warehouse system configuration matching current system functionality with new facility physical layout attributes to ensure most successful go-live
• Project manage the go-live readiness
• Support services in the first month of operation, settling initial teething problems

• Warehouse facilities
• Hours of operation
• Location schemes
• Tracking methods
• Implementation strategy

Your Warehouse Computer System (WMS) isn’t just a piece of software that manages the movement and storage of materials throughout your warehouse; it’s critical to meeting customer demand and therefore key to customer satisfaction.

As such, the integration and ongoing management of your Warehouse Computer System (WMS) shouldn’t be treated as a shared part of a generalist warehouse role. The successful project management of your Warehouse Management System (WMS) implementation is a specialist task that is central to the success of your organisation.

At STL Warehousing, we’ve project managed the installation and operation of dozens of Warehouse System (WMS) implementations. We’re an exceptionally effective interface between you, your technology and its users, because:

• We understand complex business and warehousing operations, so we know what needs to happen.
• We understand computer technology, so we know how it’s going to happen.
• We’re equally capable of communicating with floor staff,  programmers and software vendors.

• General
• Packs
• Locations
• Commodities
• Commodity by location
• Inventory by location
• Lots (and batches)
• Item codes
• Pick, pack, storage areas
• Picking strategies
• Equipment profiles
• Security

Just as importantly, we remain completely focused on the specific warehousing needs of your organisation. In other words, we do what needs to be done, and we ensure that your Warehouse Management System (WMS) implementation can do it.

Since 2006, STL Warehousing has managed countless projects of all types and sizes, including:

• Implementation of "fix it" solutions
• Improvement projects
• Outsourcing
• Re-laying warehouses
• Implementing DRP solutions
• Moving departments in and out of a shared facility
• Converting in-house operations to outsourced solution (and sometimes back again)

In order to minimise the risk associated with your projects, three things are required: inside knowledge, hands on experience and an objective perspective. Without these three vital elements, there is a risk that you will analyse the business challenge at face value. This is a high-risk approach because your logistics processes are a compromise between conflicting priorities in a physical environment controlled by a computer running daily priority changes.

At STL Warehousing, we minimise warehousing project risk by working closely with our clients to minimise the impact of any change that is being made during your Warehousing project.

Our staff are hands-on people who have actually been in the top position in warehousing and have been responsible for prior implementations and the results achieved. They combine practical, real world experience and high level educational qualifications.

Call 1300 486 329 or or contact us to discuss your Warehousing and Distribution needs with one of our experienced warehousing consultants.