8 Tips for Improving Warehouse Layout and Space Utilization

Whether you rent or own a warehouse, you pay for every inch of floor space available to you. Business owners may try to boost order picking efficiency by hiring new employees, but this makes a small impact if your shelving layout interferes with productivity.

If you operate a business in the warehousing, manufacturing, distribution, retail or automotive industry, a carousel storage system is one way to save time and space in your daily operations. Carousel storage systems are storage solutions that are custom-fit to the dimensions and layout of your space. Depending on the type of system you choose, the carousel stores items either horizontally or vertically, with automatic controls to make it easier to locate and access what you need.

Your stockroom is the organizational center of your retail business. If you’re like most retail operators, you’re always struggling to make the best of your limited storage space. You’re trying to maximize existing space without adding expensive square footage. You’re also attempting to improve your stockroom efficiency and raise your bottom line.

If you’re in the warehouse business, you’ll certainly know the common problem most warehouse owners and managers have. That’s to maximize your warehouse storage space and minimize your operating costs. It might seem a tough challenge, but fortunately, you have a simple solution.

Our choice to display at MODEX 2014 for Summit Steel and Manufacturing and Summit Storage Solutions was a good call. We entered this show with the intent of seeing how people responded to ourcompany and solutions we can provide as a manufacturing and designer of Vertical Carousel Systems.

Remember when the internet was brand new and we questioned whether email was just a fad? Here we are years later and I couldn’t imagine keeping up with the pace of modern business without either of these tools. Think about how much less efficient and effective we would be. Think of the resources, time and money that they help us save.