SUCCESS STORIES
A rapidly growing family-owned convenience store chain in the Midwest, with thousands of employees and hundreds of locations, was facing increasing order volumes that challenged their current distribution capabilities. To continue effectively serving their customers and support ongoing growth, they sought to develop a new warehouse facility designed to accommodate expanding operational demands. To guide this transformation, they partnered with Alpine Supply Chain Solutions.
The key challenge was to design a storage strategy that maximized productivity across multiple temperature-controlled zones—ambient, cooler, and freezer—while meeting current operational demands and allowing for future growth. The client needed an optimized mix of racking and storage types to ensure long-term efficiency and scalability in their new facility.
As a solution, Alpine conducted a detailed analysis of item master data, inventory levels, and order velocity to uncover high-volume SKUs and seasonal trends. This informed a customized Storage Type Analysis and racking mix tailored to the facility’s layout and temperature zones, resulting in slotting strategies designed to improve picking efficiency, lower replenishment costs, and streamline warehouse workflows.
Alpine’s recommendations are projected to deliver major efficiency gains, including a 20% boost in picking productivity, a 15% reduction in replenishment costs, and a 55% decrease in travel time. The optimized slotting and storage strategies not only streamline daily operations across all temperature zones but also provide a scalable framework to support future growth and long-term cost savings
