DC Expert, a unique suite of software tools for the design and optimization of warehouse operations, has become a key component of successful operations across the globe over the past 3 years. With its 5 core modules, the DC Expert product has been designed to create rapid operations models, and to provide actionable ROI’s for management groups. Whether you are designing an operation from the ground up or just looking to optimize your current distribution center, DC Expert is a necessary tool set for your organization.

A key operational process in today’s market is the continuous optimization of the DC through re-slotting of products in the warehouse. The net benefit of re-slotting can be found in many areas, but the traditional values would suggest a 15% decrease in travel distance, a 10% reduction in handling and an increase in cubic utilization by 25%. DC Expert has consistently aided our clients in over achieving these numbers and driving their operational costs down.

The five core modules in DC Expert are Rack Selection, Dock Planner, Warehouse Layout, Slot Master and Benchmark, all which provide strategic operational models for driving costs out of your operation. In dynamic market, DC Expert allows the user to create models in hours with dependable engineered results, rather than normal weeks or months.

Quickly draw your current operation or design a future operation with the Layout tool and calculate storage capacity and space utilization through a drag and drop design engine. No longer will you have to spend hours using a CAD program to get workable designs and plans to your management staff to make actionable decisions. After you are happy with your design apply racking and space costs to compare model vs. actual or model vs. model.



Though each of the modules will have their time and place within your operation, none will provide the greatest benefit and as fast as the Slot Master module. By using a self building algorithm the Slot Master module can create more than 200,000 separate iterations or models of the same environment, taking into consideration not only logical placement of slots, but also through the use of a physical center of gravity model. Slot Master also is robust and feature rich enough to provide slotting based on order profiling when necessary or a combination of all modeling techniques.

Slot Master reporting is designed to compare model vs model to determine;
Maximum Cubic Utilization
Minimize Travel Distance
Minimum Handling



With no implementation or integration required the DC Expert software suite is virtually online the minute the software is loaded on your computer. Data sets are loaded using standard Microsoft Excel or Access files, and are flexible in which data to be used. Along with input from a WMS or ERP solution DC Expert not only aids in the modeling of how the DC should look, but also through the Benchmark module, creates a labor and staffing model as well.

Benchmark, is essentially and activity based calculator which combines 5 comprehensive data sets to create engineered averaged activity measures, and then creates models based on activity and layouts within your DC. For the professional logistician this is invaluable for not only calculating labor costs within the operation, but also provides comparative knowledge regarding competition and standard costs. Using DC Expert all operators can create a engineered based cost analysis of their business.



The DC Expert software has been created by Logisticians for logisticians to be used across the vast majority of markets and products. Essentially DC Expert can be customized by the user to handle virtually any product with payback on the software generally in the first application or project.