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Warehouse layout and forklift travel, measured then simulated
Layouts grow with the business, not with the flow. We measure where your forklifts actually drive from the cameras you already have, then simulate a better layout on a digital twin, so you know the forklift-hours saved before you re-slot a single rack.
Aisle and staging cameras show every forklift trip. Put on one map, the patterns stand out: the busiest stock sitting farthest from the doors where it arrives, a blocked aisle end that sends every trip the long way around, staging lanes that stay busy while others sit empty.
Forklift trips per aisle: the busiest stock sits farthest from the busy doors. Illustrative example site, not a client.
Simulate the better layout
The twin replays the same measured trips on a new layout: fast movers in the aisles nearest the busy doors, the blocked aisle cleared. In our example site, forklift driving drops by about a third, from 21.9 to 14.5 hours per shift, and the average round trip from 174 m to 115 m. (Illustrative example; on your site the numbers come from your footage.)
Same trips, modelled layout: shorter forklift paths. Illustrative example site, not a client.
From hours to dollars
Saved forklift-hours times your cost per forklift-hour (operator plus truck) gives the money. We agree the rate with you, so every dollar traces back to a measured hour. After the change, the same cameras measure again, so you see the forecast next to what really happened.
What we measure
Forklift travel: trips per aisle, distance per trip, driving versus lifting versus waiting.
Detours and congestion: blocked aisle ends, crossing points, places where trucks and people meet.
Staging: how long each lane stays busy, and pallets that wait.
Slotting signals: where the most-visited stock sits relative to the doors that feed it.
Questions
How do you measure forklift travel without sensors?
From the aisle and staging cameras you already have. Computer vision detects and tracks each forklift in the footage; trips are mapped onto the floor plan to give distance and time per trip.
What is slotting optimization?
Placing products so the most-picked or most-moved items sit closest to where they are received or shipped, which cuts travel. We measure the real trip pattern first, then simulate the new slotting on a digital twin.
How much can a layout change save?
It depends on the site. In our illustrative example, forklift driving fell by about 34 percent. Your study measures your own trips and gives a forecast range before you change anything.
Do you track individual workers?
No. We track forklifts and pallets, not people. People appear only as blurred, anonymous movement, and no report singles anyone out.
See your own site this way
Start with a free discovery call: your goals, your cameras, and a look at a sample twin. Industrial sites in Lake County and north Cook County, Illinois.
