Non-Food  Warehousing and Distribution

Description: 417,000 S.F. Roll Paper Distribution
Planning, design, project management, start-up, initial management, and facility expansion of a 3rd party logistics (3PL) roll paper distribution centre for a major North American forest products company.

Kom Lynn services included the following key elements:

  • Operations planning & budgeting
  • Planning of a 2-berth barge dock for product receiving from mill sites
  • Planning, design and project management of 311,000 S.F. roll paper D.C., including:
    • Site layout of truck & car entries, yard circulation, trailer & car parking, truck axle scale
    • Warehouse layout, product storage blocks
    • Material handling & mobile equipment
    • Interior rail spur
    • 30 truck/container dock doors & dock equipment
    • Mobile equipment maintenance shop
    • Receiving & shipping offices
    • Employee facilities
    • Customer service and administration offices
    • Pre-engineered steel building construction
  • Specification, evaluation and selection of the the following:
    • Mobile equipment
    • Dock equipment
  • Managed 3PL operation for first year
  • Planning, design and project management of 106,000 S.F. facility expansion, including:
    • New receiving dock for truck to rail cross-dock
    • Warehouse expansion
    • Second interior rail spur
    • Offices and employee facilities expansion