The lift truck has become a crucial piece of machinery that could raise and transport things and heavy supplies with both speed and efficiency. How a business utilizes this machinery could significantly affect its profitability.
Free stacking pallets is the most popular storage system. Utilizing this storage method is both economical and easy for your lift truck. Free Stacking Pallets involves placing one pallet over another to make a stack of products. This is a stable storage system and is recommended when handling large amounts of similar product, or numerous pallets of similar height and dimensions. The drawback of this method is that it only enables access to the things put last, so it does not allow a First In First Out system.
It is important to have a pallet racking system which involves the stable storage of different sized pallets. Utilizing a Last In First Out or First In First Out system, would enable for easy access of any pallet. It enables the rack to change shape and grow depending upon every day needs. This specific system needs aisles that are sufficiently wide to allow a lift truck to maneuver easily and to freely access the racks. The downside is that this method means fewer pallets can be handled within the setting. This might not matter if there is sufficient space available.
Like Pallet Racking, the method referred to as Narrow Aisle Racking enables a First In First Out or Last In First Out system. It differs in that a special narrow lift truck is utilized. This means that smaller areas are necessary between the aisles of pallets than in the Pallet Racking technique. The advantage is that much more product can be kept in the same area. The disadvantage is that you would have to transition to a different type of truck if you already own a standard forklift truck. The cost of obtaining special machines may be a deterrent to implementing this system of storage.
Utilizing your lift truck to its fullest potential is vital since it pays to analyze your storage costs and retrieval costs of pallets. Then you can find out whether there are more effective means to use your lift truck in order to increase the usable area of your units or to accelerate the process. Greater efficiency equals bigger productivity.