The forklift has become a vital piece of machinery that could raise and transport things and heavy materials with both speed and efficiency. How a company uses this machinery could significantly affect its profitability.
A common storage technique is Free Stacking Pallets. This is a way to use your lift truck that is economical and easy. Free Stacking Pallets is placing one pallet over another to make a stack of goods. This is a stable storage system and is recommended when handling huge amounts of the same goods, or numerous pallets of similar height and dimensions. The drawback of this specific system is that it just allows access to the things placed last, so it does not allow a First In First Out system.
It is important to have a pallet racking technique that involves the stable storage of various sized pallets. Using a Last In First Out or First In First Out technique, will allow for easy access of any pallet. It allows the rack to grow and change shape depending upon every day requirements. This particular system needs aisles that are sufficiently wide to enable a lift truck to freely access the racks and easily maneuver. The downside is that this particular method means less pallets could be handled within 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 Last In First Out or First In First Out technique. The difference in the system 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 benefit is that more product could be stored in the same area. The disadvantage is that you would have to transition to a new truck if you already own a typical lift truck. The expenditure of acquiring special machinery might be a deterrent to implementing this specific system of storage.
Utilizing your forklift to its fullest potential is essential as it pays to analyze your retrieval costs and storage costs of pallets. Afterward you can determine whether there are more effective means to utilize your lift truck in order to accelerate the process or to increase the usable area of your units. Greater effectiveness equals greater productivity.