3.5.1. Space
The main problem of the warehouse is the poor utilisation of space. It can be solved by breaking some walls so that
to have only a room for storing the merchandise. One of the archives, the two halls and one of the toilets should be
eliminated. The offices of the firm should be moved on one side of the warehouse, so that access to goods be direct.
The current Office of the Director should be divided in two halves: one used by the director and the other by the
accountant and moved on the left side of the warehouse. These modifications would result in a gain of 55.83 sq.m.
There should be two main docks in the warehouse: one for receiving the products and one for delivering them.
They should be situated on opposite sides of the warehouse. In this way, there will be a better access to all the
products. Before making these modifications, the opinion of a construction engineer should be taken into account.
Another solution is related to the fact that there are multiple flows which intersect each other. One solution which
would improve space utilisation is a new design of flows inside the warehouse – it looks like possible to establish
one different entry and one different exit for each stored product category.