Category Warehousing

A warehouse serves as a facility designed for the organized storage of products and items of various dimensions and configurations. The following are several essential considerations for ensuring safety within the warehouse environment. Proper Utilization of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)…

Drum racking is used for safe handling of drum storage for items such as oils, paints, inks and detergents. It can be designed to handle different load requirements whether empty or full drums or cylinders. A forklift can move the…

Cantilever racking utilizes arms attached to upright posts which is ideally suited for storing long, irregular and mixed loads whilst giving easy accessibility and excellent product presentation. Cantilever racking is suited for storing products such as timber, furniture, lintels, bars,…

The narrow-aisle pallet racking has the same configuration as the conventional pallet racking although it utilizes special equipment to handle pallets in narrow aisles. It makes optimum use if the floor area and elevation while allowing for access to all…

A variant of the conventional pallet racking, double deep pallet racking allows pallets to be stored two deep but still accessible from the same side. By reducing the number of access aisles and using the space saved to accommodate additional…

The pallet shuttle is a high-density compact storage solution that utilizes an automated powered shuttle to carry loads into the rack. The pallet shuttle is remotely controlled by the operator. This allows for maximize use of storage space in addition…

Drive-in pallet racking allows a forklift truck to enter the rack from one side to pick up or pull out the pallets. Forklifts drive into the rack two or more deep. The depth of storage for a particular bay is…

The conventional pallet racking which is also known as the “selective” pallet racking is the most popular configuration among warehouses. Its popularity is due to its versatility in keeping a wide range of merchandise on different types of pallets. It allows for…

The LIFO (Last-In-First-Out) warehouse management method along with the FIFO (First-In-First-Out) method is a tool that is widely used in warehouse management. The LIFO method is the opposite of the FIFO method since the last unit to be loaded into the…

The FIFO (First-In-First-Out) warehouse management method along with the LIFO (Last-In-First-Out) method is a tool that is widely used in warehouse management. The operation of the FIFO method has to do with how the goods are moved and it is…