The lift truck has become a crucial piece of machinery able to raise and transport products and heavy supplies with both efficiency and speed. How a company uses this machine could significantly affect its profitability.
A popular storage technique is Free Stacking Pallets. This is a way to utilize your forklift that is both easy and economical. Free Stacking Pallets involves positioning one pallet over another to create a stack of goods. This is a stable storage technique and is suggested when dealing with numerous pallets of the same height and dimensions or huge amounts of the similar product. The drawback of this particular method is that it only enables access to the things put last, so it does not allow a First In First Out system.
Pallet Racking is a system which involves the stable storage of various sized pallets. Any pallet could be accessed at any time, that allows a First In First Out or Last In First Out system. It enables the rack to grow and change shape depending upon every day requirements. This specific technique needs aisles which are wide enough to enable a lift truck to freely access the racks and maneuver easily. The disadvantage is that this specific technique means less pallets could be handled in the setting. This may not matter if there is adequate space available.
Narrow aisle racking is like pallet racking in that it enables for a First In First Out or Last In First Out system. The difference in the method is how the special narrow lift truck is used. This means that smaller areas are necessary between the aisles of pallets than in the Pallet Racking method. The advantage is that more product can be stored in the same area. The disadvantage is that you would have to transition to a new truck if you already own a regular lift truck. The cost of obtaining special machines may be a deterrent to implementing this particular system of storage.
Utilizing your lift truck to its fullest potential is important since it pays to consider your storage costs and retrieval costs of pallets. Afterward you can find out whether there are more efficient means to utilize your forklift in order to speed up the process or to increase the usable area of your units. Greater effectiveness means bigger profitability.