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How The Correct Storage Solution Can Increase Warehouse Efficiency

An efficient warehouse is essential to ensuring a quick and accurate flow of products in and out of the warehouse. So, how do you achieve optimum warehouse efficiency? Well, one of the main contributors to warehouse efficiency is its storage systems.

Your storage solution can either hinder or increase warehouse efficiency. Ensuring you have the correct storage systems for your business model and stock is critical to the efficiency of your warehouse and customer satisfaction.

Read on to discover how having the correct storage solution can increase warehouse efficiency.

Utilising all available space

If you are running low on storage or have a lot of overspill, you may feel like the only option is to expand your warehouse or relocate to a bigger premises. However, this will be costly and can take a lot of time, so it is not always a viable option.

Before investing in more space, study the layout and dimensions of your warehouse and consider whether you are utilising all available space in your warehouse.

Storage systems should maximise and optimise all available space, including vertical space. Making better use of vertical space by adding taller storage units can significantly increase your storage capacity without increasing your square footage.

You should also look at how and where items are stored. Make the best use of the space available by ensuring all items are stored methodically, and on appropriate systems. Storing small items on pallet racks wastes space and can make it easy to misplace items.

If you are storing the same items in multiple locations, consolidate them into one area to increase efficiency and make it easier to track stock levels.

To help you select the correct storage solution for your business and increase warehouse efficiency, here are some of the most effective systems and the benefits of each.

Compact pallet racks

Compact pallet racking, also known as mobilised or mobile pallet racking, provides quick and easy access, as well as allowing you to free up valuable space.

With the push of a button, you can move rows of pallets and flexible aisle space, by mounting your existing racks on specialised carriages and tracks.

Double-deep pallet racks

Double-deep or deep-reach pallet racks provide you with access to two pallets from one side of an aisle which is invaluable in warehouses with limited space.

Ideal for high-volume storage facilities with a last in, first out (LIFO) inventory rotation, double-deep racks have a back-to-back layout which reduces the number of aisles and maximises space.

Drive-through racks

Excellent for providing efficient access, drive-through or drive-in racks allow forklifts to easily enter the rack structure to access and store pallets.

These racking systems are ideal for warehouses with a FIFO rotation and for storing large quantities of identical products and providing safe storage of goods sensitive to pressure, such as food and other perishable items.

Push-back racks

Push-back racking is a high-density, space-saving solution that is perfect for warehouses with a last in, first out (LIFO) system.

Stock is loaded and unloaded from one side, and up to four pallets can be stored on each level, resulting in a reduced handling time and increased storage capacity.

For help selecting the correct storage solution for your warehouse, get in touch with Logical Storage Solutions. Our expert team is on-hand to find a solution to any storage problem, so call us on 0845 689 1300, or email [email protected].

Logical Storage Solutions is an innovative provider of storage equipment and interior workspaces for both industrial and commercial environments, including office partitions, warehouse racking, and mezzanine flooring.

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