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    Blog > Manufacturing > How to quadruple the number of cases presented to pickers in your flow rack system

    How to quadruple the number of cases presented to pickers in your flow rack system

    December 26th, 2008
    by Scott Stone

    case flow racking in a distribution centerColumn flow racking is an innovation designed to present vertical columns of cartons to pickers. It works well for light cartons where flow storage and order picking are desired. You can stack cartons in each lane, allowing for more pick faces in the same space.

    Although this system isn’t right for every application, it can provide a large number of pick faces for many types of case-picked product in the same space as regular flow racking.

    See Column Flow Racking for more details and photos.

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    Scott Stone is Cisco-Eagle's Advertising and E-business Manager. He is a 20-year veteran of the material handling industry. He publishes the award-winning Material Handling Tips & Information Newsletter and works on all aspects of the company's communications efforts. See Cisco-Eagle on Twitter

    

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