Obtaining the opinion of another professional can identify other opportunities to achieve the same results with less risk, lower cost, or other improvements. At a minimum, the second opinion can reinforce the original design concept and help create the all-important consensus. The second opinion can also identify errors and other "surprises". A second opinion is a low cost / high impact service from Distribution Design.

Second opinions are usually completed with the same data used to produce the original design, thereby saving a  substantial amount of time.  

The second opinion is a low cost approach to improve the original work.

Frequent Second Opinion Topics

• Complete reevaluation of the original design work.

• Will the picking concept work? Are there other approaches that will work better, and/or cost less to implement and operate?

• Are the budgeted costs realistic?

• Does the proposed Warehouse Management System fit the operational needs?

• Is it too heavily automated, or is there justification for more automation? What type? At what cost? With what lead time?

• Can this project be completed in the desired time?