Vikas Rikhye

Vikas Rikhye, Real Estate Blogger

Outskirts of Gurgaon, specially the area around NH-8 ,Pataudi Road, proposed KMP {Kundli- Manesr -Palwal} expressway & Jhajjar Road has witnessed a phenomenal growth in warehouse segment.

Warehouse management and Supply chain management is specialized field, therefore, while designing a warehouse various factors have to be considered.

On my recent tour /survey in the area , I saw a mushrooming growth of warehouses & I was surprised to notice that in most of the cases, the concept of “warehouse management” & “supply chain management” has been completely ignored .The raising/ construction of warehouse has been stereotype , without considering the warehousing/ storing requirements of different products.

For an instance , the warehousing conditions/ specifications for medicines or perishables would be different from normal consumer products. At the same time storage specification for heavy metal coils would vary from Consumer durables. Whereas inflammable products & Paints need special specifications { under the category of hazardous goods}.

It is not necessary that every warehouse has to be of 25′-30′ of height { as noticed in most of warehouses}. Most of the warehouses are being constructed ,probably as “Return on Investment” purposes , here the “warehouse management” & “supply chain management” is neither considered nor it has been understood. An investor who has ROI in mind can still make more money/profits by following set norms.