The lift truck has become a vital piece of machine able to lift and transport products and heavy supplies with both efficiency and speed. The way a business makes use of this machine could significantly affect its productivity.
Free stacking pallets is the most popular storage method. Utilizing this storage method is both easy and economical for your lift truck. Free Stacking Pallets involves positioning one pallet on top of another to make a stack of goods. This is a stable storage method and is recommended when handling large amounts of the same product, or numerous pallets of the same dimensions and height. The drawback of this specific technique is that it just enables access to the things placed last, so it does not allow a First In First Out system.
Pallet Racking is a system which involves the stable storage of different sized pallets. Any pallet can be accessed at any time, which enables a First In First Out or Last In First Out technique. It permits the rack to change shape and grow depending upon every day needs. This specific technique needs aisles which are wide enough to enable a forklift to freely access the racks and maneuver easily. The downside is that this technique means less pallets could be handled in the environment. This might not matter if there is enough space available.
Narrow aisle racking is similar to 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 spaces are required between the aisles of pallets than in the Pallet Racking way. The advantage is that a lot more goods can be stored in the same space. The downside is that you would have to transition to a different type of truck if you already own a typical lift truck. The cost of acquiring special equipment might be a deterrent to implementing this method of storage.
Using your lift truck to its fullest potential is vital because it pays to analyze your storage costs and retrieval costs of pallets. Then you could determine whether there are more efficient means to utilize your forklift in order to accelerate the process or to increase the usable area of your units. Greater efficiency means bigger productivity.