The focus when it comes to order picking is usually (and justifiably) on the fastest-moving product. You slot your warehouse for fast movers. You pareto-focus on the 20% of the product that generates 80% of the business, as you should. But it’s also useful to consider the slow-moving inventory and pick locations. Simply putting the slowest movers in the least accessible area may make them consume more order picking time and storage space than necessary.
Order Picking: Optimizing and Storing Slow Movers
Tags: carton flow racks, order fulfillment, Industrial Shelving
Posted in Order Picking & Fulfillment|
How Much Money does Shipping Rivet Shelves Without Decks Save?
We sell loads of shelving all over the country, and one of the persistent issues is the cost of shipping. In particular, that’s an issue for industrial rivet shelving, which is the most economical type of shelving with the highest capacity. It is easily the most popular industrial shelf type going. For many customers, shipping an all inclusive shelving system is the easiest, most convenient thing — we do it all the time.
Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: warehousing, Industrial Shelving, storage, shelving
Posted in Storage, Organization & Workstations|
Modular Storage Considerations
Something we often recommend to save space for our clients is modular drawer storage — for certain operations, in particular those with components, assorted small parts, hardware, or even tool storage, we’re talking about recouping 50% -70% of floor space. Once people have ’em, they love ’em.
But there is more than one way to skin that cat. You can configure different kinds of cabinets to do different jobs. There are hundreds of possible combinations of drawer styles and sizes. Another wrinkle is what happens when you can merge the drawers with steel shelving. It can be new, it can be some you are already using. It begs the question: when is it better to have a cabinet, and when is it better to use shelving and compartmentalized drawer inserts?
Tags: Industrial Shelving, small parts, modular storage, warehousing, Material Handling, security, space savings, tool storage
Posted in Storage, Organization & Workstations|
Basics: Rivet Shelving and Heavy-Capacity Applications
It’s safe to say that there is shelving of some kind in almost every warehousing or other industrial operation, offices, and most commercial facilities. Even a sophisticated distribution center outfitted with AS/RS usually has fallback storage in the form of rack or shelving. For those applications that require a lot of heavy-duty shelving, though, issues of capacity come to the forefront.
Tags: Industrial Shelving, storage, records storage, parts bins, archival, warehousing, warehouse safety
Posted in Storage, Organization & Workstations|