The lift truck has become a crucial piece of equipment that can raise and transport products and heavy materials with both speed and efficiency. The way a business makes use of this machine can considerably affect its profitability.
A common storage technique is Free Stacking Pallets. This is a way to use your lift truck that is both easy and economical. Free Stacking Pallets is positioning one pallet over another to make a stack of products. This is a stable storage method and is suggested when handling huge amounts of the same product, or many pallets of the same dimensions and height. The disadvantage of this method is that it just allows access to the items put last, so it does not enable a First In First Out system.
It is vital to have a pallet racking method which involves the stable storage of different sized pallets. Utilizing a Last In First Out or First In First Out method, would enable for easy access of any pallet. It enables the rack to grow and change shape depending upon daily needs. This technique requires aisles which are wide enough to enable a lift truck to freely access the racks and maneuver easily. The downside is that this system means fewer pallets could be handled within the environment. This may not make a difference 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 technique. The benefit is that more goods could be stored in the same space. The downside is that you will have to transition to a different kind of truck if you already own a typical forklift truck. The expenditure of obtaining special machines may be a deterrent to adopting this specific technique of storage.
It is important to use your lift truck to its full capability. It pays to analyze your time expenses in storage and retrieval of pallets. After that you can find out whether there are more effective means to utilize your forklift to speed up the process or to increase the usable area of your units. Greater efficiency means greater profitability.