CASE STUDY: INCREASED UTILIZATION & CAPACITY Nutritional Supplement Manufacturer The Challenge The client needed to update its staging and storing of incoming ingredients arriving in super sacks or bags stacked on pallets and stored in 3 high drive-in rack. Staging was proving increasingly challenging, causing increased congestion issues, poor navigation, and difficulty in managing quality control. Utilization rates were approaching just 55% with only 375 of 672 pallet positions being used. The client wanted to improve the general flow of materials, increase the storage capacity, and implement FIFO. The Results The client was able to increase its realized capacity by more than 60%, using 614 of 768 available pallet positions or a utilization rate of nearly 80%. In addition, the clien

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