The lift truck has become a crucial piece of equipment that can raise and transport products and heavy supplies with both efficiency and speed. How a business uses this tool can considerably affect its profitability.
A common storage technique is Free Stacking Pallets. This is a way to use your lift truck that is easy and economical. 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 dealing with numerous pallets of the same dimensions and height or huge amounts of the same goods. The drawback of this particular technique is that it only enables access to the items put last, so it does not allow a First In First Out system.
It is vital to have a pallet racking system which involves the stable storage of various sized pallets. Utilizing a Last In First Out or First In First Out method, would enable for easy access of any pallet. It allows the rack to change shape and grow depending upon every day needs. This particular technique needs aisles which are sufficiently wide to enable a lift truck to freely access the racks and easily maneuver. The downside is that this system means fewer pallets could be handled in the environment. This might not matter if there is sufficient space available.
Narrow aisle racking is similar to pallet racking in that it allows for a Last In First Out or First In First Out method. The difference in the technique 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 much more product can be stored in the same space. The disadvantage is that you will have to transition to a new truck if you already own a regular forklift truck. The expenditure of acquiring special machines may be a deterrent to adopting this system of storage.
It is essential to utilize your forklift truck to its full potential. It pays to analyze your time costs in retrieval and storage of pallets. Afterward you could find out whether there are more effective ways to use your forklift to speed up the process or to increase the usable space of your units. Greater efficiency equals greater productivity.