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pre-fabricated warehouse, with all the necessary
components packed and ready for export in 40ft
containers. The Box model delivers 1 000 m2 modules
with an approximate 110 m2 office space with every
1 000 m2. The warehouse includes receiving and
dispatch areas, racked storage, cold room facilities,
materials handling equipment, fire control systems,
ablutions and kitchen areas for the staff.
Long-term scalability is made possible through the
modular design, which is readily adjustable to consider
facilities of more than 1 000 m2 and any future growth
demands.
Insulated sandwich panels are used, which means
that it is up to 30% faster to assemble than a conventional demurrage charges that had been paid due to delays
brick and mortar structure. The 50 mm to 100 mm
insulation panels are rust resistant and lightweight, for
easy assembly and low maintenance in even the most
remote African locations.
Resolve Capacity’s turnkey approach to Warehouse-
in-a-Box means that the company’s involvement does
not end with the supply of the boxed components.
It extends from site preparation and earthworks,
groundwork foundations and substructure, civil works
through to the assembly and kitting out of the facility
and the training of staff.
Resolve Capacity deploys resources to support an
average five-week training programme on site, to
offer the guidance, advice and support to ensure the
warehouse starts up successfully and can operate
independently according to a set of established
standards. The training programme consists of three
modules: supply chain management, quality assurance
and warehouse operations management.
The outcome
Resolve Capacity’s out of the box solution has helped
Tanzania’s state-run Medical Stores Department to
improve its performance in supplying medicines and
supplies to the country’s public healthcare facilities, to
reduce its warehouse operating costs and meet patients’
needs more efficiently.
With funding provided by USAID, Resolve Capacity
ultimately established five Warehouse-in-a-Box
facilities in Tanzania – at Keko (5 717 m2 ), Mbeya
(5 655 m2 ), Dodoma (5 729 m2 ), Tanga (2 366 m2 ) and
Tabora (2 416 m2 ).
As a result, total storage area has expanded from
39 000 m2 to 59 500 m2 as of September 2013, with
an additional 3 000 m2 of warehousing completed by
May 2015. This represents a 60% increase in storage
area.
The optimal design and layout of the modular
Warehouse-in-a-Box increased the number of pallet
positions available to MSD from 12 400 positions in
2009 to 36 629 positions once all of the warehouses are
completed. That represents a 195% increase in capacity
with only a 60% increase in area.
The new warehouses have replaced rented facilities
in a number of locations, resulting in substantial savings
for the Government of Tanzania. The Dodoma zonal
office was spending US$2,4-million a year to rent
a local facility that has now been released, with all
inventory shifted to the new Warehouse-in-a-Box. It also
enabled additional inventory to be moved out of Dar es
Salaam, releasing rented space there for an additional
saving of US$1,2-million per year. The additional space
in Dodoma also means that this facility can now take
direct delivery of bulk consignments from the port.
Deliveries direct from the port to Dodoma have reduced
in offloading because of space constraints at Medical
Stores Department warehouses in Dar es Salaam.
The timesaving offered not only from the installation
and commissioning, but also from Resolve Capacity’s
turnkey approach, makes Warehouse-in-a-Box the
ultimate one-stop solution for the rapid deployment of
infrastructure. The benefits of this project, however, also
include significant cost savings, improved healthcare
delivery and supply chain performance, as well as the
development and up-skilling of local people.
A total of 523 Medical Stores Department warehouse
personnel were trained by Resolve Capacity in Tanzania,
to ensure that this project achieves its full potential.
With improved operating procedures and staff
capacity, the new warehouses have boosted Tanzania’s
Medical Stores Department’s efficiency and reduced
warehouse operating costs.
The 22 000 m2 of new pharmaceutical warehouse
space in Tanzania resulted in a saving of US$3-million
in operating costs in the first two years of operation and
this is expected to increase with the recent completion
of the final warehouse in the project.
Warehouse-in-a-Box’s energy efficient design, which
reduces cooling requirements and other energy costs,
and maximization of total building capacity and efficient
operations, makes it less expensive to operate per pallet
position than older brick and mortar structures. Further
savings are expected to be enjoyed in the long term. •
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