3 Tips to Enhance Storage and Inventory Control with Heavy Duty Shelving

Commercial storage is in many ways intertwined with heavy duty shelving. In a world where you’re managing an immense volume of products from manufacturing companies and major department stores, there’s a multitude of elements to consider when it comes to spacing, safety and general productivity. By taking these three tips into consideration, you will inch closer to true efficiency within heavy duty commercial shelving.

Arguably the most essential benefit of heavy duty industrial shelving, vertical storage can make a world of difference when it comes to overall warehouse spacing. Heavy duty racks can save space tremendously by stacking them upwards as opposed to side by side. It maximizes storage in a concentrated area without having to make major sacrifices to the actual floor space, which not only helps with workplace productivity and safety, but can also streamline the placement of merchandising by knowing its exact location and ensuring that products can be removed from shelving in a relatively painless process.

While it’s one challenge to have heavy duty storage shelves neatly stacked to maximize storage space, ensuring the storage space is properly accessible is another challenge entirely. Storage shelving can only be so effective if it’s placed in a corner and so few sides are available to be properly accessed. Most heavy-duty storage racks allow you to access inventory from both the front and back sides. Having both sides exposed for access allows for increased productivity as it virtually removes the hassle of having to move any stacks in order to reach an item, paving the way to workplace efficiency. 

Efficient storage placement and ease of access goes a long way in establishing a productive shelving environment. However, there still runs the risk of having inventory being mixed and matched to one’s detriment. Never should there be an occasion where a chunk of time is allotted to merely finding the product that needs to be taken off the shelves, which is why it is crucial to have the inventory properly categorized to clearly determine where each product is placed. Rotabins, for example, provide high density storage for large bins. Dividers can also play a crucial role in heavy duty industrial shelving due to how they can clearly categorize the inventory and help pinpoint exactly where products are located and where to access them, further boosting warehouse efficiency. 

 

Keeping these tips in mind can help you have a seamless process when it comes to your heavy duty commercial shelving needs. Western Pacific Storage Solutions is there to help you every step of the way.