The forklift has become a crucial piece of machinery that could raise and move things and heavy materials with both speed and efficiency. How a business makes use of this machine can considerably affect its productivity.
Free stacking pallets is the most common storage method. Utilizing this storage system is both economical and easy for your forklift. 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 recommended when dealing with many pallets of the same dimensions and height or large amounts of the same goods. The drawback of this method is that it only allows access to the objects put last, so it does not enable a First In First Out system.
It is important to have a pallet racking technique which involves the stable storage of different sized pallets. Using a First In First Out or Last In First Out system, would enable for easy access of any pallet. It permits the rack to change shape and grow depending upon daily requirements. This particular technique needs aisles that are adequately wide to allow a forklift to maneuver easily and to freely access the racks. The downside is that this particular technique means fewer pallets could be handled within the environment. This might not matter if there is enough space available.
Narrow aisle racking is like pallet racking in that it enables for a Last In First Out or First In First Out technique. The difference in the technique is how the special narrow forklift 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 goods could be kept in the same area. The downside is that you would have to transition to a different type of truck if you already own a regular forklift truck. The cost of acquiring special machinery may be a deterrent to implementing this particular system of storage.
It is essential to use your lift truck to its full capability. It pays to consider your time costs in retrieval and storage of pallets. Then you can find out whether there are more efficient ways to use your lift truck to speed up the process or to increase the usable area of your units. Greater efficiency means bigger profitability.