Warehouse Consulting

Engaging a warehouse consultant is an investment in maximizing your distribution center’s operations. These experienced professionals deliver unmatched value by identifying your company’s strengths and opportunities for improvement. When you work with Siggins for warehouse consulting services, we’ll collaborate with you to empower efficiency and reduce waste for a healthier bottom line.

Table of Contents

• Why You Need Warehouse Consulting Services
• Warehouse Optimization Consulting by Industry Expertise
• Warehouse Consulting Solutions by Function
• Why Partner With Siggins for Warehouse Consulting
• Maximize Your Operations With Siggins

Why You Need Warehouse Consulting Services

A warehouse design consultation is pivotal when optimizing, expanding, relocating or reevaluating operations. The insights you gain improve functionality and profitability by enhancing your facility’s:

• Allocation: As a strategic business partner, your Siggins warehousing expert provides the in-depth guidance you need to allocate financial and physical resources in the most beneficial way possible.
• Productivity: A skilled warehouse productivity consultant is pivotal in uncovering the wastes and inefficiencies in your current workflows that may hamper your workforce’s output.
• Profitability: Following the recommendations and strategies of a proven industry professional helps you make meaningful changes with faster results.
• Organization: A detailed analysis by a highly qualified warehouse logistics consultant leads to more effective storage, better layouts and fewer wasteful process steps.
• Automation: Industry experts help you identify which workflows will benefit most from advanced technology that speeds up operations and which equipment is ideal for your product mix.

Warehouse Optimization Consulting by Industry Expertise

Siggins brings decades of experience in various sectors to our warehouse optimization consulting solutions.

Apparel 

Running an apparel distribution center means meeting consumer demands for styles, colors and sizes. Our factory design consultants will help you create spaces capable of handling enough stock without using too much storage or driving up inventory carrying costs. Our team also provides actionable advice and equipment recommendations for managing different packaging options and fulfillment preferences.

Automotive

The automotive industry faces specific supply chain management issues, like pressure to reduce waste and deliver final goods faster. Your Siggins specialist has the industry-specific knowledge you need to add automation equipment or customized solutions that eliminate manual processes and improve your workforce’s safety.

eCommerce

Thanks to online retail’s growth and consumer expectations, today’s e-commerce warehouses need optimized processes to meet customer demands for speed and service quality. That also means your distribution center needs more effective ways to manage order fulfillment and inventory, including backorders and returns. Count on Siggins to help design ideal e-commerce material handling and storage solutions and equipment to meet your needs.

Food Distribution

Those who manage or own food and beverage warehouses have unique requirements for inventory rotation and product integrity protection to promote consumer safety and reduce waste. Your warehouse design consultant can help you create solutions to increase end-consumer satisfaction while safeguarding against product damage during operations. 

Medical

Order accuracy, product integrity and robust inventory management are crucial for the success of medical and dental warehousing operations. When you work with Siggins, you have an experienced industry expert to help you maximize your warehouse’s design, storage and workflows to improve order outcomes and consumer safety.

Micro-Fulfillment

Micro-fulfillment facilities often rely on automation more than other approaches. Investing in these operations requires careful consideration of product stock, available solutions and process efficiencies. A Siggins warehouse consulting team member can help you devise a viable strategy for equipment, layout and workflow automation that meets these unique needs.

Retail Store Replenishment

Our team can help your facility improve inventory management crucial to stock replenishment within your retail store network. A material handling consultant will design solutions for a better rotation that gets older goods out the door faster, responds to supply chain disruptions with safety stock and optimizes your space with innovative storage strategies. 

Warehouse Consulting Solutions by Function

Siggins provides comprehensive warehouse management consulting services tailored to the specific objectives you want to achieve.

DC Retrofits

Existing facilities can benefit just as easily from upgrading their systems as newly-constructed distribution centers. Our team of experienced warehouse design consultants, engineers and installers can help your company retrofit your current spaces. Thanks to our proven approach, you’ll be able to leverage automation and improve operations with minimal disruptions.

Design/Build

Siggins offers turnkey design/build consultation services to help companies overcome common warehousing challenges. Our team provides expert guidance for every process step, from conception to post-installation support. As a result, you’ll have a complete blueprint for better inventory management, space usage and labor cost reductions — and a partner on your side to make them a reality.

Engineering Survey

Ineffective layouts, inaccurate inventory systems and inefficient labor are some of the issues Siggins engineering surveys help your facility resolve. Your warehouse engineer consultant will conduct an in-depth analysis of current operations and design bespoke strategies to ensure value at every step. Benefits of this service include more efficient storage and processing that can lead to increased sales and better cash flows.

Facility Survey

Invite us for a tour, and our expert team will present you with a step-by-step plan for improving your processes for receiving, shipping, picking and storing your stock that aligns with your building characteristics. Siggins provides facility surveys ideal for relocation or redesign with a comprehensive analysis for physical organization and workflow optimization. 

Installation

Designing the perfect system for your facility and product is the first step, but an experienced professional must still put the equipment in place and ensure it’s performing accurately. Siggins has an extensive partner network of highly qualified installers to help. We’ll also act as your project manager, so you’ll have a single point of contact, experienced management and consistent communication. 

Simulation

We’ll model multiple scenarios to help you visualize their execution in your facility. You’ll get an up-close 3D look at different system recommendations and assurance of their viability. Our team relies on the most current software to simulate our designs and demonstrate their impact so you can make more confident decisions.

Warehouse Optimization

Siggins warehouse optimization consulting is the answer when space seems to be decreasing or you suspect operations aren’t as efficient as they could be. An experienced professional will help you with step-by-step analysis and improvement suggestions to boost your facility’s performance, safety and uptime.

Why Partner With Siggins for Warehouse Consulting

We’re North American market leaders for distribution center design consulting because our team provides:

• Knowledge: Our in-depth expertise spans many sectors, providing a deep knowledge base to draw from.
• Experience: Since 1946, we’ve specialized in material handling solutions to improve productivity and enable continued business growth.
• Results: Our warehouse management consultants help our customers achieve measurable success.
• Tailored approach: Siggins works with you to develop customized solutions based on your unique operations and organizational needs.

Maximize Your Operations With Siggins

Our warehouse consultation services deliver significant value by providing an actionable strategy designed for a reliable return on investment. Let us help you streamline your workflows and increase your facility’s productivity. Enjoy warehouse consulting with the best warehouse consulting company! 

Get started today by contacting us online or requesting a facility survey.