Operations Design

Fortna's facility designs are data driven, financially justified, and risk managed.

Operations Design is our in-depth, expedited method of performing a data-driven, operational study of your distribution center requirements. Utilizing output from our proprietary modeling software, FortnaDCmodeler™, we provide precise recommendations to improve your distribution center, and deliver an optimized facility design. Our process quickly identifies potential enhancements – based on factual data – and saves you time and money.

Every Fortna Operations Design is...
-A well-defined, logical process of data gathering and analysis
-A data-driven decision making process
-A financially justifiable solution development strategy, including ROI
-A team-based approach with multiple checkpoints to ensure smooth progress and minimal project risk.

Whether your project requires enhancements to your operational processes or the design of a new facility with seamless integration of technically advanced material handling equipment and software, Operations Design ensures financial justification and managed risk.

Our Industry-tested Professionals:

Each of our Operations Design team members draw from a wealth of "best practices" knowledge, yet tailors every recommendation to your specific business objectives.

With successful track records and years of experience, our supply chain experts offer:
- Diversified, hands-on experience in operations and systems
- Exceptional cross-trained skills in supply chain, logistics, systems and material handling
- A thorough understanding of information flows and how they interact with physical product flow.

Design Engineering

Fortna is known for lowering cost-per-unit with world-class designs for either greenfield facilities or system retrofits.

Whether you are embarking on the design and implementation of a greenfield facility or considering a retrofit of an existing distribution center, Fortna has the experience, tools, and processes to create world-class solutions.

Using some of the most experienced distribution system design engineers in the business, and FortnaDCdesigner™, our proprietary facility design software, our data-driven solutions optimize the layout and material flow of your facility. They also seamlessly integrate the most effective material handling equipment and software necessary to ensure distribution excellence and financial justification.

Greenfield Facility Design:

Constructing a new distribution center may be one of the most significant investments your company will make. To optimize the performance of these facilities, we focus on designs that allow flexibility and scalability.

Fortna designs consider both the current and long-term operational requirement of your new distributions center by reviewing the exact processes, equipment and software needed to produce optimal results. We have proven expertise in designing systems that contain a wide variety of equipment, software and technology.

System Retrofits:

Are you getting the most out of your existing distribution center design?
Is your current system providing the optimum efficiency and profitability?

Companies decide to retrofit existing design centers for many reasons, but mainly because it makes sense for the financial health of their organization. In a retrofit situation, you must be able to service your customers while enduring massive changes to your operations, equipment and software. Any downtime during this process can be detrimental to your business. That is why it is important for you to partner with a company with proven success in retrofits.

Fortna has been successfully designing and implementing retrofit distribution operations longer than anyone in the industry. Our people use defined processes and proprietary design tools to manage risk far in advance, during, and long after implementation of the new system.