Truck and Track Spring 2026 www.truckandtrack.com 54 WORKSHOP EQUIPMENT Most vehicle workshops are focused on efficiency investing in modern technology and the latest upgrades which both help to reduce costs and speed up through put. However, too often we see workshops with the latest equipment but with a poor layout that hasn’t been updated for many years ! Making such changes can cause major disruption until they are completed but taking care in the layout and design will yield a huge effect on efficiency, through put and profitability! Here are some following ideas which need to be considered when you are giving your premises a make-over. Aim for a one-way flow Depending on your premises, it won’t always be possible to get this perfect. But the closer you can get to a single-direction flow, the better. In most cases, that means aiming for a ‘C-shape’ (or ‘U-shape’) structure with your workstations, where vehicles can move through every workstation they need without changing direction. If a vehicle ever has to turn around or reverse (or worse: make a three-point turn), that’s a loss in efficiency. So if you have the space to avoid it, a one-way flow should be a top priority. Allow extra space For most workshop layouts, this is a tough one to balance — every premises wants to make full use of all the space it has. It might seem more efficient to squeeze value from every last inch of your shop floor. But in some cases, leaving extra space is actually more efficient. By How to design a vehicle workshop layout that’s optimised for efficiency
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