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The short answer is: You wouldn’t want the benefits, unless you’re interested in reduced overhead, more efficient operations, better inventory management, and increased employee safety. But as a successful business …

Lean methodology – creating ongoing improvements in operational efficiency – is relatively new to healthcare. But the benefits have easily transferred from manufacturing to hospital management. Lean operations primarily focus …

Automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) can provide the most efficient way to save resources over traditional shelving and rack systems.  Why? They boost picking productivity, optimize order fulfillment, and aid …

INTRODUCTION Over the last 15 years I have been involved in the sales and installation of commercial storage systems. Quite often, parts departments and other facility department managers are pleasantly …

INTRODUCTION One of the unique innovations that have come out of the manufacturing industry is the mobile shelving system. In its basic form, mobile shelving is standard shelving placed on …

In 1913 Henry Ford built the first assembly line ever for vehicle production. What used to take 12 hours and 13 minutes to build a single car (the fastest time …

INTRODUCTION Let’s face it. The storage dilemma, or more appropriately, “storage headache,” is not new to most businesses. Storage used to look like mile-high stacks of paper on desks, or …

INTRODUCTION The vertical carousel has been around since the 1950s, but you may now be just discovering it. Even if you are already familiar with the vertical carousel, this article …

INTRODUCTION This article is primarily being written to help material handlers and facility managers get a better understanding of different types of commercial stationary shelving and their ideal uses so …

INTRODUCTION How easy would it be to point to a lineup of storage systems and instantly know: “That’s it, that’s the one that will work for me!”? Unfortunately, it is …