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Warehouse planning and safety checklists

Good warehouse projects start with complete inputs and finish with verified closure. Use these checklists to structure the conversation; adapt them to your facility, organization, and local requirements.

6 review points

Warehouse Capacity Study Checklist

  • Confirm interior length, width, and clear height
  • Map columns, docks, offices, staging, egress, and fixed equipment
  • Count current pallet positions and peak occupied positions
  • Record pallet sizes, weights, load heights, and SKU profile
  • Document forklifts, aisle requirements, and turning specifications
  • Capture inventory growth, seasonality, and target utilization

6 review points

Pallet-Racking Project Checklist

  • Define target positions, storage system, and operating constraints
  • Provide slab, building, fire-protection, and seismic information
  • Identify engineering, permitting, and inspection responsibilities
  • Confirm rack protection, decking, load signs, and accessories
  • Plan phasing, isolation, inventory moves, and operational downtime
  • Compare quoted scope, exclusions, warranty, and completion evidence

6 review points

Warehouse Layout Review Checklist

  • Trace receiving-to-storage and storage-to-shipping flow
  • Check dock, staging, replenishment, returns, and value-add space
  • Review travel intersections and pedestrian separation
  • Test peak inventory, peak throughput, and future growth scenarios
  • Confirm equipment clearances and maintenance access
  • Validate life-safety and local requirements with qualified professionals

6 review points

Warehouse Automation Readiness Checklist

  • Define the problem and measurable baseline before choosing technology
  • Validate order profile, SKU data, variability, and peak volumes
  • Map upstream and downstream bottlenecks
  • Model labor, maintenance, software, integration, spares, and ramp-up
  • Plan exception handling, manual fallback, training, and ownership
  • Require acceptance criteria and post-launch performance measurement

6 review points

Warehouse Safety Walk Checklist

  • Inspect rack frames, beams, connectors, anchors, guards, and load signs
  • Document impacts, leaning, deformation, corrosion, and missing parts
  • Check pallet condition, load stability, overhang, and stacking
  • Review aisles, intersections, pedestrian routes, and housekeeping
  • Confirm fire-protection clearances using applicable local requirements
  • Assign owners, isolate critical conditions, and verify corrective closure

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