The forklift has become a crucial piece of equipment that can lift and transport products and heavy supplies with both efficiency and speed. How a company makes use of this tool could considerably affect its profitability.
Free stacking pallets is the most popular storage system. Using this storage technique 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 system and is suggested when dealing with numerous pallets of similar height and dimensions or huge amounts of the same goods. The disadvantage of this specific technique is that it only allows access to the things placed last, so it does not allow a First In First Out system.
It is vital to have a pallet racking method that involves the stable storage of various sized pallets. Using a First In First Out or Last In First Out system, will enable for easy access of any pallet. It permits the rack to change shape and grow depending upon every day requirements. This particular method needs aisles that are sufficiently wide to allow a forklift to maneuver easily and to freely access the racks. The downside is that this specific system means fewer pallets can be handled in the setting. This may not make a difference if there is adequate 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 method. The difference in the system is how the special narrow lift truck is used. This means that smaller spaces are necessary between the aisles of pallets than in the Pallet Racking technique. The benefit is that more product can be stored in the same space. The downside is that you will have to transition to a new truck if you already own a regular lift truck. The expenditure of obtaining special machines may be a deterrent to implementing this technique of storage.
Using your forklift to its fullest potential is essential because it pays to analyze your retrieval costs and storage costs of pallets. Afterward you can determine whether there are more effective means to utilize your lift truck to increase the usable area of your units or to speed up the process. Greater effectiveness equals bigger profitability.