The lift truck is a very important machinery to help employees lift and move heavy weight materials and goods with speed and efficiency without injuring their bodies. How a business makes use of this machine can considerably affect its productivity.
Free stacking pallets is the most common storage system. Utilizing this storage system is both economical and easy for your forklift. Free Stacking Pallets involves placing 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 same product. The disadvantage of this technique is that it just allows access to the items put last, so it does not enable a First In First Out system.
It is essential to have a pallet racking method that involves the stable storage of different sized pallets. Utilizing a First In First Out or Last 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 method needs aisles which are wide enough to enable a forklift to maneuver easily and to freely access the racks. The disadvantage is that this specific method means less pallets could be handled within the environment. This may not make a difference if there is sufficient space available.
Narrow aisle racking is like pallet racking in that it enables for a Last In First Out or First In First Out system. The difference in the method is how the special narrow lift truck is utilized. This means that smaller areas are required between the aisles of pallets than in the Pallet Racking technique. The advantage is that more product can be kept in the same space. The disadvantage is that you will have to transition to a different type of truck if you already own a standard lift truck. The expenditure of acquiring special machines may be a deterrent to adopting this particular system of storage.
Using your lift truck to its fullest potential is vital because it pays to analyze your retrieval costs and storage costs of pallets. Afterward you can determine whether there are more effective means to use your forklift in order to accelerate the process or to increase the usable area of your units. Greater effectiveness means greater productivity.