The forklift has become a crucial piece of equipment able to lift and move products and heavy supplies with both speed and efficiency. How a company utilizes this machine can significantly affect its productivity.
Free stacking pallets is the most common storage technique. Using this storage system is both economical and easy for your lift truck. Free Stacking Pallets is placing one pallet on top of another to make a stack of products. This is a stable storage technique and is suggested when dealing with numerous pallets of the same dimensions and height or large amounts of the same goods. The drawback of this particular system is that it just allows access to the objects placed last, so it does not enable a First In First Out system.
It is important to have a pallet racking method which involves the stable storage of various sized pallets. Using a First In First Out or Last In First Out method, will enable for easy access of any pallet. It permits the rack to grow and change shape depending upon every day requirements. This particular system needs aisles which are adequately wide to enable a lift truck to freely access the racks and easily maneuver. The disadvantage is that this specific system means fewer pallets can be handled within the setting. This might not matter 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 used. This means that smaller spaces are required between the aisles of pallets than in the Pallet Racking method. The benefit is that more goods can be stored in the same space. The disadvantage is that you would have to transition to a different type of truck if you already own a regular forklift truck. The expenditure of obtaining special equipment may be a deterrent to implementing this method of storage.
It is essential to utilize your forklift truck to its full potential. It pays to consider your time expenditure in retrieval and storage of pallets. Then you could determine whether there are more effective ways to use your lift truck in order to increase the usable space of your units or to speed up the process. Greater effectiveness means greater productivity.