Warehouse and Distribution Center

The Dilemma

Distribution Centers Aren't Simple Anymore

As companies face increasing demand and labor shortages, many are turning to automation, robotics, and other technologies. However, despite big investments, these changes often fail to meet expected outcomes. Why does this happen?

The distribution center is a complex system. It's difficult to predict how the operation will perform when changes are made. That's where we come in. We use simulation, optimization, and digital twin technology to test changes in a risk-free environment, compare scenarios, and ensure that every new investment leads to the intended outcomes.

See How Our Technology Works

Order Flows

Compare order flows through the DC including order types (Single Item Orders vs Multi Item Orders), how orders are released into the DC (Order Batching), product slotting, resource assignment, and cut off times for different types of shipping.

Automation and Robotics

Ensure your investments in automation and robotics achieve the excepted results by simulating the process in a risk-free environment.

ROI Analysis

Analyze the return on investment before introducing new technology like automated systems and robotics, CapEx projects, or operating policies like picking strategies.

Layout Optimization

Optimize the layout of your warehouse to reduce travel time, improve picking efficiency, and increase throughput.

Labor Optimization

Determine the optimal number of workers for each shift/schedule, reducing labor costs while maintaining high levels of productivity.

Order Picking

Compare picking strategies to increase efficiency and reduce the time it takes to fill customer orders.

Routing Optimization

Optimize routing within your warehouse to ensure you have the right number and type of resources to meet your business objectives.

Slotting Location

Comparing slotting scenarios and optimize SKU location to improve order retrieval and fulfillment rates.

Warehouse Capacity Planning

Determine capacity and throughput improvements whether you're building a greenfield site, changing a layout, or introducing automation.

Inventory Optimization

Compare inventory policies in a risk-free simulation to determine optimal inventory levels for each SKU in your warehouse, reducing stockouts and overstocking.

Shipping Dock Optimization

Optimize the number of dock doors, loading policies, and more to reduce wait times and increase throughput.

Truck Yard

Simulate daily truck yard plans to remove bottlenecks and improve throughput.

The Opportunity

Simulate Your Distribution Center

Simulation provides a risk-free environment to test changes in your warehouse or distribution center. Whether you're introducing automation and robotics, planning a picking strategy, or designing a greenfield from the ground up simulation will help you get it right the first time saving you time and money.

Explore Our Digital Twin Technology

Analyze Your ROI Before Making an Investment. Simulation helps you assess the risks associated with introducing new automated systems. By simulating different scenarios, you can identify potential bottlenecks, quantify KPIs like utilization and throughput, or compare different strategies in staffing, picking, slotting and more.

Optimize Your Process with Automation and Robotics. Simulation can help you optimize the processes involved in introducing automation and robots into your warehouse. By simulating different scenarios, you can identify potential bottlenecks and inefficiencies and optimize the introduction of new technologies.

Layout Design and Capacity Planning. Simulation can help you design the layout of your warehouse and determine capacity of the facility. By simulating different layouts and resources, you can identify potential issues, optimize the placement of new systems, and determine the optimal number of people, equipment, and automation.

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Turn Insights into Action

Our advanced modeling tools provide the relevant information you need to make more informed decisions, faster.

Know What Will Work & How

You need a solution that not only shows what’s possible but also tells you which steps to take so you can work more efficiently, grow faster, and hit your goals.

Boost Efficiency & Reduce Risk

Many moving parts impact your operations. See where you’re losing money, time, and energy, and understand how to make improvements.

What Our Customers Are Saying

Consultation Client

Management Consulting Firm

“We truly appreciate the assistance SimWell has been providing, and this consideration without us even asking is additional evidence you guys are a good company to deal with.”

Christian Roy, Senior Executive

Mining & Supply Chain

“I had the opportunity to work with SimWell for several years on many projects with different organizations. The reason I come back to SimWell is simple: their expertise and the ease of doing business with them. The workload associated with the type of work in this field is hard to manage.”

Software Coaching Client

Federal Government

“Thank you again for your coaching last week. We had a very productive session, moving along not only with my model development but also teaching me new skills and doing it in a fun (yet very intensive!) way.”

Rebecca Monahan

Director of Information Systems, Cookies United

“Not only was the team a pleasure to work with, but their high-end skill, deep understanding, and quick turn-around of changes also made this project so successful. The technical abilities of your team is among the best I’ve worked with, and they had the personalities to match. Great combination.”

Simulation Client

Consultant, Oil & Gas

“Thanks for this, and for making it a good outcome. I really appreciate the way you have managed time. Many thanks for the assistance, and I look forward to the chance to work with you again someday.”

Daniel Lafond

Research Project Scientific Lead, Thales

“We were impressed by the depth of the work and the numerous possibilities that the simulation outputs are creating. Congratulations on your exceptional work and your invaluable contribution to the Refit Optimizer project!”

AnyLogic Client

Warehousing and Robotics

“I’m very happy with the model Andre built for this project. It’s a lot nicer than what we would have built on our side, and I see a lot of potential for use down the line with full integration.”

Simulation Coaching Client

Operations Management

“I was able to accurately model the system; it was validated and approved. I then used the results to redesign the process and modeled a future that helped our clients make some decisions for their facility layout. ”

Simulation Coaching

Consultant

“Wow! It works for the input! I've been blocked on this for 6 months!”

Luis Galeano

CEO, Cookies United

“You should know that we feel your team did a fantastic job. They were very helpful, user-friendly, professional, and fun to work with—all of them. You have a happy customer and supporter in us.”

Design and Operate Your Warehouse for Optimal Efficiency and Productivity