Last year we have worked with one of the fastest growing fashion etailers on the planet to help them establish how to accommodate their ever increasing need for warehouse capacity.

Econsultancy predict online retail sales in the UK reached £52.25bn last year, a 16.2% increase on 2014 when the total stood at £44.97bn.

This equates to 15.2% of all retail sales in the UK and means that on average UK consumers will spend £1,174 online in 2015, which would make us the most frequent online shoppers in Europe.

The incredible pace of growth some pure play ecommerce vendors are experiencing has led to some really interesting projects for our Consulting team.

• An evaluation of current and anticipated throughputs,
• Seeking opportunity to optimise existing DCs and unlock capacity
• Exploring the benefits and impact automation may have on the operation
• Identification of the time-lines for change and the associated trigger points for investment as well as an estimation of the likely CAPEX involved
• Extensive data collection and analysis including sensitivity assessments
• Planning for the changes recommended