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Innovative racking helps inventory management


 
Managing inventory efficiently and fully utilising valuable floor space has been made easier by a shelving system that allows the simple addition of mezzanine structures as required.
 
Most managers think that long-span pallet racking is the most cost-effective option for factories, but thanks to a number of advances in the design, engineering and material technology of racking solutions, there are now new choices available.
 
Metalsistem Australia director Ms Oshi Kirk says many companies over-specify and spend more money than they need to on their racking, when lower-cost options can provide a better and more versatile way of achieving the desired outcome.
 
“In our experience, pallet racking may not always be necessary if a manual stock picking process is used. If this is the case, a better course of action would be to place stock into a shelving system that can later be adapted and integrated into a mezzanine or multi-tiered system. This method facilitates the capability of warehouses to handle increased stock levels as the company expands,” she said.
 
“Whether you’re in the retail, commercial or industrial market sector, the right shelving system, once installed, should not only take care of today’s storage requirements but also be adaptable and versatile enough to tackle tomorrow’s expansion of the business,” she said.
 
The majority of hand-stacked, lightweight products have no need to carry 400 to 500 kg per shelf, and therefore long-span racking isn’t necessary.
 
Other products in the Metalsistem range like Unirack and Super 456 are designed to meet the needs of a light to medium-duty storage requirement, primarily for a manual handling operation.
 
They are modular and boltless systems that are easy and quick to assemble, with a flexibility that enables integration into a multi-tiered installation or to a raised floor area if more space is needed at a later date.
 
These shelving systems provide a wide choice of accessories to store a multitude of different shaped items and for products on the heavy-duty side, the shelves structure are designed to a load-bearing specification of up to 600 kg each, thus eliminating the need to purchase more costly pallet racking even for very heavy products.

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