Design by Efficiency

Interactive Planning & Optimization

Design by Efficiency means to support the entire logistics planning process from finding a location to the operational business, with only one single tool. Powerful algorithms, evaluations and visualizations are available in every planning phase in order to optimize and evaluate processes and structures continuously.

• For the first time, planning scenarios can easily be extrapolated and kept structurally unchanged when incorporating various market changes.
• Based on standard times, you can calculate the exact labor costs for each created layout just "with one click". You can immediately see the obvious benefits for every single layout and process change.
• All kinds of logistic systems can make use of the application W2MO, e.g. warehouse logistics or production logistics, whether it is a highly automated or a rather manual system. Alternatives can be easily evaluated.
• Already during the design of logistics structures, all significant operational and mathematical algorithms are available. The usage of automation technology is related to product placement and tour building. By using e.g. "Goods-to-Person" systems, one can compare the walking / driving efforts with the use of innovative mathematical algorithms.
• The approach of a web-based solution enables entirely new forms of cooperation between customers, service providers as well as technology providers. All stakeholders can jointly access the required data and evaluations and also add updates and new data through the W2MO access permission management.
• The consistent integration of W2MO enables a significant reduction in planning costs. There are no media breaks between different IT systems. The "time-to-market" is significantly reduced.

Extension and reorganization

Warehouses and logistics areas are dynamic systems and have to follow the business development to ensure profitability. Lean and efficient supply chain and logistics have become a major competitive advantage across all industries. Therefore, is often necessary to plan new warehouses, to expand space or to rethink and reorganize entire logistics systems within existing buildings. W2MO supports at all stages of the planning process.

• Location search and selection
• Data extrapolation and adaptation to business development
• Automatic layout generation with the Layout Design Optimizer
• Direct evaluation and comparison of planning alternatives

Simulation and 3D Visualization

With W2MO, it is the project and not the tool that determines the simulation level of detail. From quick initial results to process-specific analysis of the costs of the individual customer orders - the simulation can be easily adapted and your simulation model can be continuously developed and can get further detailed during the project progress.

Simulated results are not limited to tabular evaluations. With W2MO you get a digital image of the entire warehouse with its processes, a visual simulation of the individual processes for each order and a variety of evaluation options and their visual representation directly in your planning tool.

• 2D planning with direct creation of the warehouse in 3D and VR
• Order-specific simulation in 3D
• Effort evaluation, occupancy rate and capacity requirements directly from one tool for planning and simulation
• Collaborative work on models
• Cloud-based and available on every device

Standard Times & Video Process Studies

Time modules provide the evaluation framework for a realistic evaluation of logistical efforts. With W2MO's innovative video-based process studies, time modules and motion speeds can be recorded, processed and transferred directly. Process efforts are analyzed, optimized and documented realistically, efficiently and transferably.

A video-based process study begins with the direct and continuous observation of a task (for example with a stopwatch or a video recorder such as a smartphone) to measure the time. The aim is to calculate the process times and speeds for the various stages and process chains.

In traditional time study applications you can only measure times. This approach is not practical for logistics – in logistics you must be able to calculate times depending on the chosen path, start and end destinations.

Typically a well prepared process study may result in savings of 2 to 4 times of the invested efforts - annually!

Tendering and calculation of logistics services

For tendering of logistics services, 3 questions are fundamental:

• How can the tendering process be supported digitally on both sides?
• How can logistical efforts be quantified in a stable way?
• What is the impact of demand dynamics and growth?

These questions are not only core for the contractor, but are also significant for the tender participants when submitting tenders. With the digital mapping and simulation of the warehouse in W2MO, the entire tendering process can be accompanied digitally:

• Digital availability of data and quantity structures
• Digital process documentation and description
• Transparent calculation base for all products and processes
• Structural evaluation of growth and risks
• Digital presentation of offers and solution visualization
• Design by Efficiency: Optimization already in the quotation process

The simulation in W2MO evaluates all services based on time modules - order for order and allows a simple adaptation to layout and processes in the tendering process. In contrast to common calculation tools and Excel sheets, variants can be generated and evaluated quickly and bottlenecks can be identified and avoided. W2MO considers peak loads and load changes realistically and dynamically instead of just calculating with averages or peaks in a static way. Different planning variants can be efficiently calculated for the participant, while the contractor can easily and realistically evaluate and compare different offers for different business development scenarios.

• Activity-Based Costing instead of overhead costing - All expenses are evaluated where they occurred
• Easy transfer and adaptation to new tenders and projects
• Further usage of simulation models for operational optimization