{"id":12789,"date":"2019-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/news-insights\/articles\/the-key-challenge-with-your-peak-season-design-phase-is-to-effectively-evaluate-real-time-can-it-be-implemented-in-the-remaining-timeframe-%ef%bb%bf-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T09:26:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T08:26:07","slug":"the-key-challenge-with-your-peak-season-design-phase-is-to-effectively-evaluate-real-time-can-it-be-implemented-in-the-remaining-timeframe-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.argonandco.com\/us\/news-insights\/articles\/the-key-challenge-with-your-peak-season-design-phase-is-to-effectively-evaluate-real-time-can-it-be-implemented-in-the-remaining-timeframe-sandy-springs-atlanta-ga\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Peak Season – Are You Ready? The key challenge with your peak season design phase is to effectively evaluate real-time: can it be implemented in the remaining timeframe? \ufeffPart 3 of 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Whether your warehouse and fulfillment design plans amount to a tweak or a complete overhaul, time is a critical factor. Substantial changes in space allocation, equipment acquisition, or personnel reassignments can\u2019t be left to the last minute. And you can\u2019t afford the expense and hassle that can occur when design issues impede ongoing fulfillment operations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

It’s important to \u201ckeep the lights on\u201d while preparing for the upcoming peak season. During this phase, it\u2019s important to plan for a smooth implementation and operational transition while the design process is underway. If there are efforts requiring external acquisition\u00a0of material handling equipment (MHE), controls, systems or labor, the team needs to work quickly get to a short list of potential providers, highlighting the most time-conscious and cost-effective options.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Sometimes the providers are a \u2018given\u2019; that is, they are incumbent \u201cpartners\u201d with resident technology.\u00a0In such cases the team guides the design discussions so that they can quickly develop a working budget and metrics for progress and completion. Perhaps most importantly, a PMO process begins and helps turn objectives into effective program execution. The team works with senior management to assess options on the basis of cost, benefits, and degree of difficulty to implement, to help select the options that work best for your situation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Being cognizant of a fixed and usually aggressive time line, the design for next peak has to be effective and focused.\u00a0In today\u2019s environment when MHE is included in the enabling goals, manufacturing lead times can drive (or limit) the ultimate deliverable solution. The team sometimes makes \u201cdo we make it or buy it\u201d decisions, and then works with the purchasing team to ensure that acquisitions of equipment or software are made judiciously and with the input of key stakeholders.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There are tools available to help control the impact of purchasing choices by clearly defining budget parameters, modeling and estimating supplier capabilities and costs, as well as highlighting opportunities for both increased efficiency and cost-savings. The team should look at your supply chain as an end-to-end entity\u2014from sourcing, manufacturing, and warehousing to distribution and fulfillment to customers\u2014so the solutions proposed do not favor one element of your overall operations at the expense of another.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Choose a project team with a combination of experience, usage of science\/data, industry research, business savvy, and practical common sense\u2014so that your peak season plan is realistic.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

There is much to consider. Let us help you figure out how to make your next peak season better than ever.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

To read about preparing for Peak Season 2019 from the beginning <\/strong>of our four-part series, visit You just attended your internal 2019 ops planning meeting\u2026so what\u2019s next? <\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

For the second post<\/strong> in this series of preparing for Peak Season 2019, visit So, your 2019 peak operational capabilities assessment is done. Now what?<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Here is a link to the final and fourth post <\/strong>in our Peak Season series\u2026 about real-time implementation.<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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As of September 8, 2020, Crimson & Co (formerly The Progress Group\/TPG) has rebranded as Argon & Co following the successful merger with Argon Consulting in April 2018.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12783,"template":"","categories":[142,145],"class_list":["post-12789","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-operations","category-supply-chain-planning"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n2019 Peak Season - Are You Ready? 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