Don’t pay premium prices for sub-standard, superfluous warehousing. Optimise your existing space.
A surge in online shopping has led to increased demand for additional (and larger than ever) warehousing…but can optimising your existing space achieve the same results – and do so with more efficiency and less cost?
It doesn’t seem so long ago that warehouses were giving way to ever increasing demand for office or retail space, but the image couldn’t be more different since the first lock down sixteen-months ago. According to Savills, there has been an increase of almost 250% in warehouse demand in the first quarter of this year; compared with the same period in 2020. Meanwhile, the number of people working from home has increased from 12% in 2019 to over 25% today.
Ross Powell, Industore’s Managing Director:
“We’ve seen a huge increase in demand for expanded warehouse space in the UK over the last few years, but moving premises or expanding your current warehouse footprint is usually the most expensive and rarely the most effective option to increase your storage capacity or improve business operations. Furthermore, continued expansion is environmentally damaging and disruptive to the business and staff alike. The answer is to improve use of your existing space, automating processes and expanding upwards. For a quarter of a century, Industore has been leading the world in the design of storage and workspaces across UK and Ireland – maximising space and efficiencies, through clever design and intelligent use of automated vertical lifts. Among other benefits, such as total stock transparency, full audit logs and enhanced security, Industore solutions empowers organisations to maximise use of existing space – by expanding upwards, rather than outwards. As demand for goods has increased, the need for more space, cheaper overheads and faster turnaround has been growing in parallel. Larger premises and a greater workforce goes hand in hand with increased operating costs. By contrast, Industore clients repeatedly decrease the number of workers on the picking line, improve operational efficiency and completely remove the need to expand warehouse footprints.”
For a quarter of a century, Industore has been leading the world in the design of storage and workspaces across UK and Ireland – maximising space and efficiencies, through clever design and intelligent use of automated vertical lifts. Among other benefits, such as total stock transparency, full audit logs and enhanced security, Industore solutions empowers organisations to maximise use of existing space – by expanding upwards, rather than outwards.
If the current run on new warehouse development continues, it is likely that demand will outstrip capacity, resulting in further price increases and less desirable locations being earmarked for development. Acting now to futureproof your business with vertical, automated storage and retrieval systems is the most effective and economically sound way to proceed.
