Run a free slotting analysis. Get a clear picture of exactly where your layout is creating unnecessary labor cost — before committing to anything.
No integration project. No warehouse redesign. Works with your existing operation as-is.
Describe your operation · Receive specific findings · No commitment required
Before — layout as found
A-class scattered · golden zone underused · 3 aisles congested
Travel per pick
28.4 m
avg — A-class picks
Golden zone
14%
A-class in prime slots
Congested aisles
3
overloaded right now
The problem
Most operations track labor spend — few track how much of it comes from layout decisions made years ago. Not every warehouse has the same problem, but these four patterns show up often enough that they're worth checking first.
The most-picked items often end up wherever there was space when they arrived. Over time, this means your fastest movers may be in your slowest locations — generating the most unnecessary travel.
Check: Where are your top 50 SKUs by pick frequency located relative to the dock?
SKUs that were once high-velocity but have since slowed down often stay in the slots they were originally assigned. Premium aisle space fills with items that no longer justify it.
Check: When did your last slot review happen? Which SKUs have changed velocity since then?
When items are stored by category rather than velocity, pickers make the same long trips repeatedly. A small number of aisles often generate a disproportionate share of total travel.
Check: Which three aisles are visited most per shift? Are your fastest movers near them?
After a slotting project, gains typically hold for 3–6 months before velocity drift erodes them. Without a way to measure the decay, most teams don't notice until labor costs creep back up.
Check: When was your last slotting project? Has anyone measured whether it's still holding?
These are starting hypotheses, not guarantees. An assessment checks whether they apply to your warehouse. Some won't. That's the point.
Assessment scope
Three phases: establish a baseline, surface the highest-impact signals, return ranked recommendations — with estimates, not guarantees.
No inflated benchmarks. The analysis surfaces real patterns from your operation and ranks the most actionable opportunities — you decide what to act on.
How it works
Four steps. Your team decides what to act on at every stage. Click any step to explore it.
What you'd actually receive
Every suggestion includes the reasoning behind it. Nothing moves until your team decides to act.
Wareintel Assessment
Warehouse A · Sample · May 2026
Est. recoverable hours
~0h/mo
if all executed · estimate
SKUs likely misplaced
0SKUs
velocity mismatch
Priority zones flagged
0zones
aisles K–N · highest first
Every suggestion includes the full reasoning. Your team reviews each one and decides what to approve. All impact figures are estimates — labeled clearly throughout.
Scenario model
Three scenarios based on industry benchmarks. Not a forecast — actual results vary by warehouse size, SKU mix, and current layout.
Assumes 60% walk fraction and 8-hour shifts. Directional only — actual findings vary by warehouse.
Get my free assessmentWhy we built this
We found it while building a fulfilment system. Then heard it everywhere else.
We were building a fulfilment system when we first ran into it. The WMS had years of pick data — but nothing was connecting that data to where SKUs actually lived on the floor. Slot placement was managed by intuition and infrequent projects. The signal was there. Nobody was reading it.
We started talking to other warehouse ops leaders. The same gap kept coming up. Existing tools generate reports. Consultants generate projects. Neither answered the question that seemed most useful: which specific slot changes are worth exploring right now?
The projects were too large and infrequent. The reports didn't connect to action. And nobody was tracking whether changes that did get made were still working six months later.
We're still early. We'd rather test on a real warehouse than speculate about whether it works.
Wareintel started as an attempt to answer a simple question: which slot changes are actually worth making this week?
The Wareintel team
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Every warehouse is different. Some will have significant untapped opportunity. Others will have less. Either way, you leave with a concrete picture of your operation that you didn't have before — at no cost.
Even a clean result is useful — you'll know where you stand.
What you get
What we ask
No ERP access. No IT project. No commitment to continue.
Honest answers to the questions we hear most from operations teams.
Free layout analysis. Ranked findings. Honest results — even if the answer is that your operation is already well-optimized.
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