A clamp truck may be used to move merchandise. After the merchandise, building and services, equipment and handling methods have been studied, the grid layout must be made. All the bins, shelves, racks, conveyors and bulk areas must be laid out to make certain the merchandise fits. Adjacent aisles must be large enough for the use of material handling equipment. A picking cart may operate in a three foot aisle, an electric stacking truck may need a seven foot aisle and a propane lift truck may need ten to twelve foot aisles depending on its size and make.
Job descriptions are useful for employee selection and for training.
Another important aspect of planning an efficient move is projecting how many people will be required to run the new organization. Great savings may be realized in this area. If you can improve the material handling methods, then you should be able to do more with fewer people. If you can't, the move may not be worth making. In any operation, security must be built-in.