If your office or work environment has seen better days then it might be time to think about a refurbishment. By improving the space that you and your team work in, you could increase productivity, motivate your staff and create a long lasting impression with your clients and prospects.
If your office area, shop floor or other workspace is cluttered and messy then it can be difficult for workers to perform to the best of their abilities and having a disorganised work space can be off putting to clients. If you want to make the most of your space, organising your inventory is a good start but how else can you improve your operation?
Mezzanine floors
If you have a high ceiling then you could use mezzanine flooring to utilize space that might currently be wasted. In a warehouse situation, this would enable a more even spread of stock throughout your warehouse and may also help to speed up your operations. If you run a retail business then a mezzanine floor could allow you to hold more stock on the shop floor and maximise potential profit.
Office partitions
If you work in an open plan area, the installation of an office partition can make a great addition to your layout, especially if you are in need of a space to hold meetings with clients or a staff room for your workers to relax. You can also consider soundproofing, which would help eliminate any external noise from a busy warehouse and ensure that your meetings remain confidential. Racking systems may also be beneficial to certain kinds of businesses.
Logical storage designs and installs mezzanine floors, office partitions, racking systems and lots more, helping to make the most of space and leave a great impression on anyone who visits. For more information please visit http://www.logicalstorage.co.uk/ or call us today on 0845 689 1300.
Businesses up and down the country are struggling with a big problem: space. As the economy has come out of recession and has been slowly growing and heading back towards the level they were at before the economic crash, businesses are facing a dilemma. They are doing more trade as the economy improves, and so want to expand, but the recovery isn’t strong enough for businesses to feel they can take a risk on new premises. So what should they do?
To grow with the economy and not get left behind, they need more space. But to move to bigger premises at such a delicate time would be for many businesses a leap of faith too far. Fortunately, there are lots of ways businesses can capitalise on their existing space to make sure they use every inch of what they already have, allowing them to grow without having to move. Here are five key ways:
- Consider a mezzanine floor. If your warehouse, offices, retail store or any other commercial building has lots of space above the ground floor, then it is currently being wasted. A mezzanine floor could double the amount of space you have for selling products, storing products, distribution or could even be used for offices.
- Make sure you are using the most efficient type and size of racking and shelving for your business needs – discuss the options with professionals to make sure the storage you have is right for you.
- Repair any damaged shelves or racking. If you have racking which cannot be used because it is unsafe then it is a waste of resources. Get it repaired or replaced.
- Have regular racking inspections to prevent any future problems before it’s too late.
- Use office partitions and space planning to make the best use of your office space, so that way you can fit more people into the space and work in a more efficient and effective manner.
Here at Logical Storage, we know that no two businesses are the same, and may need to consider one, all, or a combination of some of these solutions to help create more space for their company to flourish. Give us a call on 0845 689 1300 to see how we can help you.
Implementing mezzanine flooring into your retail space can help you to maximise stock and improve your overall profits.
First impressions count for everything and nothing looks worse than a retail unit that is badly arranged or under stocked. One of the most common reasons for under stocking a shop is a lack of space and storage. If you have little space to keep your products then it’s easy to run out of your best sellers. A lack of space can also stop you from being able to arrange your stock the way you want to, leaving you with a cluttered space that doesn’t give off the right impression to your customers.
Mezzanine flooring can be a great solution, but one common fear is that a mezzanine floor will look too industrial for say, a furniture outlet. The truth couldn’t be more different though – they can be customized in a number of ways to make them look modern and attractive.
Another common myth that holds no ground is that introducing mezzanine flooring into your premises will disrupt customers and reduce your footfall. As it doesn’t usually require planning permission, mezzanine flooring can be installed very quickly and is unlikely to affect your shoppers.
When you consider the alternative, to move to a new location, choosing a mezzanine floor seems to be the obvious option. Not only would purchasing a new property be more expensive but you would also have to consider the logistics of moving stock, uprooting employees and finding a way to inform your existing customers where you have moved to.
Mezzanine flooring can help you to maximise overhead space that you might not have thought about using in the past, helping to transform your store and allowing you to sell more of your product.
For a free, no obligation consultation about how we can help your retail business, call us on 0845 689 1300 or visit our website http://www.logicalstorage.co.uk/services/mezzanine-flooring/
Whether it’s a setting for your employees to work hard on their daily tasks or an area for your clients and customers to visit, the layout of your office can be incredibly important.
Clients, customers and prospects will not be impressed by somewhere that is dark, dingy, badly lit, cluttered, and altogether unwelcoming. Chances are that they will feel that a badly laid out office is a reflection of the standard of your work. They will most probably be right. And with employees spending around eight hours a day in the office, this dark and cluttered environment will make for rather a depressing place to work, which will most likely be reflected in their productivity.
A bright, well lit and well laid out office, with a modern looking interior will make your employees feel happier at work. It will make your staff feel valued and inspired to work in your offices. If your office is laid out well it will be easier for them to find their way around, and makes work more efficient and productive.
Improving your office layout is probably quicker, easier and cheaper than you think. Logical Storage have experienced space planners who can help you to get the most out of your existing offices without having to move premises. There are a wide range of office partition systems available which include bespoke doors, frames, ironmongery, manifestation to glass partitions, and integrated or stand alone window blinds. They are incredibly flexible, and can be installed and moved quickly and easily, with minimum disruption to your business.
A well laid out, friendly, modern looking, welcoming office can therefore have a big impact on your staff and your clients, and can make your business more efficient and more productive. For more information about Logical Storage’s Office Partitions, please go to the following page on our website: http://www.logicalstorage.co.uk/services/office-partition/ or call us on 0845 689 1300.
Whatever the size of your premises, it is important that you utilize all the space available to you if your business is going to prosper. In the current economic climate, it is far less of a risk to invest in improvements to your current premises than it is to purchase an entirely new one. One great way is to get the most out of unused space is by installing shelving units.
Longspan shelving
Longspan shelving systems allow for easy adjustment of your storage facilities, as and when your needs and requirements change. They are quick to assemble and require no special tools to operate. A low cost option, they are particularly easy to adjust, so if you think you may need to change the way your shelving is set up at any time in the future, then they are a great, practical solution.
Carton flow
Especially helpful in warehouse and manufacturing environments, carton flow is a prime example of how shelving solutions can help your business grow. High quality roller tracks can be installed which allow operators to hand-load items and then stand back as they are delivered to other operators at the end of the track, significantly increasing your businesses productivity.
Office shelving
If used correctly, office shelving can help you make the most of your space. Storage units can be used to create walls and partitions and corner units can help you to utilize any unused space. Shelving can be branded to match your company colours and a wide range of accessories are also available to help you maximise your shelving.
Businesses need room to grow and moving to pastures new can often seem like the best solution, however many people overlook areas of their property that are not yet being used to their full potential. By integrating good quality, future proof shelving into your premises, you could save yourself the mental and financial anguish of looking for a new property.
For more information about shelving solutions, please go to http://www.logicalstorage.co.uk/services/shelving-solutions/ or give us a call on 0845 689 1300.
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 is considered to be a landmark in law. It was introduced to the House of Commons by the then Home Secretary, John Reid, on 20th July 2006, received royal assent on the 26th July 2007 and came into force on the 6th April 2008 and, for the first time, allows for companies and organisations to be found guilty of corporate manslaughter as a result of serious management failures resulting in a gross breach of a duty of care.
The Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 created a new offence, which is called corporate manslaughter in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and corporate homicide in Scotland.
Before the Act came into force, a corporation could only be convicted of manslaughter if all of the elements of the offence had been committed by a single employee of the company, and even then they had to be so senior within the corporation that they would be seen as “embodying the mind” of the corporation. In practice, this meant that it was incredibly rare for a corporation to be convicted of manslaughter, and it was felt that corporations were escaping responsibility and punishment.
Following the implementation of the act, an offence is committed if the way in which an organisation’s activities are managed or organised causes a person’s death and amounts to a gross breach of a relevant duty of care owed by the organisation to the deceased.
Failure to carry out regular inspections and maintenance of your warehouse pallet racking could potentially lead to the deaths of employees and subsequently to your organisation being found guilty of corporate manslaughter. If you are a company director or responsible for the health and safety of your organisation, give yourself a good night sleep and let us take the headache of inspecting your storage system away. To find out more about our pallet racking inspections, please click here to visit our website.
Chances are that you may have never considered having a mezzanine floor installed for your business because you don’t really know what they can be used for. Here are five key ways to use a mezzanine floor to help your business.
The first is for office and storage space. Many commercial buildings have a large amount of unused space above the main floor. If the only part of the building that is being used is the main floor, then this probably means a large amount of wasted space which has potential to be used. Installing a mezzanine floor can allow you to have offices or storage, meaning you don’t have to move to new, larger premises if you need offices or storage as part of your existing warehouse. It allows your business premises to look professional and gives you somewhere to talk to and meet with clients and customers, and allows managers and supervisors to work at the heart of the business. It also allows an area for shelves, racks and other storage.
Another great use of a mezzanine floor is in retail. A mezzanine floor can be used to almost double the floor space that a store has for displaying and selling their products if they have the overhead space, thus almost doubling the amount of items that a shop can display to sell to their customers without having to move to larger premises. Mezzanine floors in retail give a modern and attractive look to your store. In retail, a mezzanine floor can also be used behind the scenes to provide office space or additional storage.
Mezzanine floors are increasingly used in production and manufacturing. They are ideal for supporting assembly and production lines, and can support machinery and racking.
They can also be ideal for supporting automation systems. They are perfect for supporting conveyor systems and machinery that transports products around the building for storing, managing and dispatching products.
Finally, a mezzanine floor in a warehouse is a great way to avoid moving to larger premises and the inevitable disruption that it causes. It can create up to double the amount of storage space in a warehouse, and is strong enough to support racking, shelving, heavy loads and all other storage equipment expected in a warehouse. The height of warehouses means that they are ideal for mezzanine floors, as above the warehouse floor is often wasted space, and some warehouses can accommodate more than one level of mezzanine floors – perhaps two or even three tiers.
To learn more about how Logical Storage could help your company with a mezzanine floor, click here or call us on 0845 689 1300 for a tailored proposal.
For many businesses, space is incredibly valuable. Many of us need more of it, yet we don’t want to take the step of moving to bigger premises in times of economic uncertainty. Therefore, the logical alternative is to utilise the space we already have in the best way possible. Logical Storage can help with this in a number of ways.
One major option would be for us to design and install a mezzanine floor in your warehouse or building, if you have the space for it. This option can double your floor space, allowing you to use the wasted space in your building for offices, storage, retail, production or other uses.
Alternatively, we can look at the type of racking you are using for storage, and assess whether there is a type of racking that is more suited to your needs that you might not know about. You may find that your racking could go higher, or the space between it could be narrower, thus allowing you more storage space. There is a wide range of different types of racking available, such as wide aisle racking, very narrow aisle racking, drive-in racking, cantilever racking and dynamic push back racking. As well as racking, we also have a wide range of shelving.
You might also be losing storage space because the racking that you do have is damaged and not in a fit state to be used. We can make sure that your racking is functioning at optimum efficiency, carry out repairs to damaged racking to ensure it is fit for purpose, and can conduct Preventative Maintenance to make sure that you can continue to use all of the storage space you have available to you.
Out of the warehouse, you may feel that you need more office space, perhaps on your new mezzanine floor. We have experienced space planners that can help you to get the very best out of your office design, with a wide range of partitions.
So, there are lots of different methods that we can employ to make sure you’re using the space you currently have to maximum efficiency. To discuss these options further, please give us a call on 0845 689 1300.
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THE IDEAL STORAGE SOLUTION FOR OVERHEAD CRANE OPERATIONS
We are always looking for new and innovative solutions for the storage of long products, to maximise capacity and improve operational efficiencies within the modern warehouse environment. With space availability at a premium in many cases, the requirements to provide a safe, reliable, cost effective solution is on the increase.
Our Telescopic Cantilever Racking provides one such solution, the easily extendable and retractable design allows for product to be stored neatly within the confines of the racking, yet remain readily accessible for loading and unloading by means of an overhead crane, without the requirement for any fork truck movements.
- Load / Unload via overhead crane.
- Storage capacity up to 4000kgs per compartment.
- Product lengths up 7.5 meters.
- Removes the need for fork truck operations.
- Optimises your floor space and enhances your stock management.
Every organisation, large or small, is constantly looking for ways to gain an edge over the competition… reducing costs, reducing stock damage, increasing capacity and improving efficiency. We can help you achieve these goals and so much more with our racking systems. Our huge experience and knowledge of the industry is essential, taking into account all relevant conditions and factors to ensure you get the optimum installation.Stock is immediately accessible – reducing handling, easing stock rotation and improving turnaround.
Efficiency is increased throughout the organisation, cost are reduced and productivity increased.
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- Bolted Cantilever Racking
- Quick-Loc Cantilever Racking
- Vertical Racking
- Canopies
- Curtain-Fronted Racks
- Fully Clad Rack-Buildings
- Guide-Rail Systems
- Pallets & Stillages
- Mezzanine Floors
- Staircases & Access Platforms
- Pallet Gates
Watch a video demonstrating telescopic cantilever racking
Being an owner managed organisation allows us to be extremely flexible in our approach to working with customers.
The project was particularly interesting, as we needed to ensure the operation remained unaffected by the racking installation and at the same time, execute a phased handover programme.
The first milestone in the programme required us to handover 2000 pallet spaces in just 5 days, which I am pleased to say we achieved with our S.E.I.R.S. approved installation teams. The installation comprises of a 600m2 anti collapse mesh screen, rack upright protection, mesh panel decking, labelling and steel partitioning, all of which needed to be co-ordinated into the programme to ensure the deadlines were achieved.
For further information, please visit www.logicalstorage.co.uk or telephone 0845 689 1300.
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