Warehouse racks can include pallet racks, storage racks, shelving rack, cantilever rack, mezzanine rack, catwalk rack, and almost any other type of steel racking systems. Warehouse racking comes in many forms and is used for light duty rack applications to heavy duty rack applications.
Warehouse racking used for pallet storage is the most common system found in warehouses. Pallet racks come in different sizes to accommodate the many various pallet sizes. Pallet racking is either rolled-formed or structural racks. Also, pallet racks are manufactured and engineered for light duty loads such as apparel, to heavy duty loads like cement and tile. Warehouse pallet racking can be modified to better handle certain applications or to increase the storage density within a warehouse. One such example is with pushback pallet racks.
Push-Back pallet racking is high density pallet storage. It allows product to be stored two, three, or four deep. Pallets are retrieved and fed from one aisle allowing for the first pallet-in to become the last pallet-out. This allows a high efficient use of space and reduces pick times through simplified stock accessibility.
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But, let me ask a more strategic question? Should you also be assessing the boxes you are putting up on those racks? One point of analysis is evaluating the volumetric weight of each box in your warehouse - commonly called Dimensional or Cube weight.
If you do not have the correct process for evaluating the DIM weight of a 3 cubic feet box then it could be taking up expensive space in your warehouse. If it is shipped out via a courier and its content is light then you can expect back-charges that can be pretty expensive.
The solution – there are devices out there that will economically give you the data (importable to your WMS system) you need to DIM your warehouse packages.
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