Proceeding of the Thirteen Annual Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM),
Manila, Philippines, March 7-9, 2023
© IEOM Society International
Bulk Warehouse Layout Design Analysis Using the
Dedicated Storage Method
(Case Study: PT Krakatau Jasa Logistic)
Helshy Azzahra Nur El Islami
Logistics Engineering
Pertamina University
Jakarta, Indonesia
102419036@student.universitaspertamina.ac.id
Resista Vikaliana
Lecturer in Logistics Engineering
Faculty of Industrial Technology
Universitas Pertamina
mailto:resista.vikaliana@universitaspertamina.ac.id
Abstract
The warehouse is a place to store goods in the form of raw materials, work-in-process goods and finished goods and
a place that provides information about the status and condition of goods stored in the warehouse so that information
can be easily accessed by interested people. This study aims to identify and analyze PT Krakatau Jasa Logistics’
warehouse layout problems, provide cargo storage layout suggestions to maximize capacity using the dedicated
storage method, and determine the warehouse layout that produces the largest warehouse utility value. A comparison
of the current warehouse layout with the dedicated storage method was carried out to choose a warehouse layout by
maximizing the free in the warehouse based on the greatest utilization. The results of the study show that the proposed
layout has greater utility compared to the current layout, namely 81% and 19% for forklifts and trucks, where the
proposed storage layout only has a little free space or has maximized cargo placement, but in the current warehouse,
there is a warehouse utility that is equal to 36% where in the storage layout there is still a lot of empty space in the
warehouse.
Keywords
Warehouse, Layout, Dedicated Storage, Utilization, and Cargo
1. Introduction
The warehouse is a place to store goods in the form of raw materials, work in process goods and finished goods and a
place that provides information about the status and condition of goods stored in the warehouse so that information
can be easily accessed by interested people (Apple 1990, Francis, & White 1992). According to Heizer and Render
(2009). The layout is a crucial decision in determining long-term operating efficiency. The layout has many strategic
implications for determining a company's competitiveness in terms of capacity, maximizing the use of space in the
warehouse, processes, flexibility, minimizing costs, quality of the work environment, customer contact, and corporate
image. A practical layout helps a company to achieve a strategy that facilitates differentiation, low costs, or fast
response. A layout strategy aims to create an economical layout that meets the competitive needs of the business. A
good warehouse layout is by arranging the facilities in the warehouse so that workers can operate it more efficiently
and speed up service. Workers no longer waste time looking for goods because they have been placed according to
their characteristics. A good layout scheme will improve overall operating efficiency (Zhenyuan et al. 2011).
Technology is growing rapidly, resulting in many advances, especially in the design of developments using
engineering drawing software. With increasingly sophisticated technology, it can help speed up the completion of a
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