The forklift truck is a vital machine to help workers lift and transport heavy weight supplies and products with efficiency and speed without straining their bodies. How a business makes use of this tool can significantly affect its productivity.
A common storage method is Free Stacking Pallets. This is a way to use your lift truck that is economical and easy. Free Stacking Pallets is positioning one pallet over another to create a stack of goods. This is a stable storage system and is recommended when dealing with many pallets of the same dimensions and height or huge amounts of the similar goods. The disadvantage of this technique 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 method that involves the stable storage of various sized pallets. Utilizing a Last In First Out or First In First Out system, will allow for easy access of any pallet. It enables the rack to grow and change shape depending upon daily requirements. This specific method requires aisles which are adequately wide to enable a lift truck to maneuver easily and to freely access the racks. The downside is that this particular method means less pallets could be handled in the environment. This might not make a difference if there is sufficient space available.
Like Pallet Racking, the method called Narrow Aisle Racking enables a Last In First Out or First In First Out technique. It varies in that a special narrow lift truck is utilized. This means that smaller areas are necessary between the aisles of pallets than in the Pallet Racking way. The advantage is that more product could be stored in the same area. The disadvantage is that you would have to transition to a different type of truck if you already own a typical forklift truck. The expenditure of obtaining special machinery may be a deterrent to implementing this system of storage.
It is essential to use your forklift truck to its full potential. It pays to analyze your time costs in retrieval and storage of pallets. Afterward you can determine whether there are more effective ways to use your forklift to increase the usable space of your units or to accelerate the process. Greater efficiency means bigger profitability.