A workplace that does not have a lot of products is a workplace that is not making a lot of money. It is especially true if you work with a place like Amazon. If you are on their Prime program then you know the headache of trying to deliver a package on time. Especially, if you get an order close to your shipping companies pickup times. You are left scrambling to put together a package that may or may not be able to be done in the time frame allotted. Of course, this assumes that you actually have the product available on your shelves. If you don't have a lot of shelf space then you will find yourself with a problem. If you have a run on any products during any kind of sale or any other kind of event then you might find yourself in a precarious position. You need to keep your shelves as close to fully stocked as possible especially on items known to be big sellers. Sometimes, the only way to do this is to have extra shelving space available. If you rely on a system like Amazon for your sales and marketing then making sure that you stay in the parameters of the Prime program is essential. Otherwise, they may choose to take you off the prime program and you could be losing thousands of dollars every day. In fact, if you are big enough then these numbers are amplified by the size and breadth of your business. Therefore, it makes sense that you should optimize your storage situation as much as possible. You do this so that you can fulfill as many orders as you can during the busy times in your business.
The solution to this situation is having an industrial storage system that can do the job well. Therefore, you will have to look around to see what kinds of options are available to you. However, if you want a shortcut that then you should know that the best type of industrial storage you can get is very likely a pallet rack. There are several reasons for this and we will try to go into them in the following paragraphs below.
A pallet rack system is capable of high amounts of storage and can even accommodate vertical storage as well. There are some caveats to storing vertically because of the rules that local governments may place on that type of action. Notwithstanding, you will be hard-pressed to find a storage option that is better than a pallet rack. Standard versions of pallet racks can handle 2500 lb of products, skids, or pallets. If you are using traditional shelving units in your business right now then you will see how this is a great upgrade over what you are currently doing.
In addition, a pallet rack is sort of a blanket term. There are many different styles of racking that are available. A lot of people put those racking styles under the umbrella term of pallet rack. Moreover, one of the pallet rack styles you may want to consider for your business is called a stack rack. A stack rack is a rack that allows workers to access it from all four sides. Therefore, it is very useful for a business that has a high volume of orders or customers. Moreover, it is very useful for times like a Black Friday sale. If you have a product you know that is going to leave the shelves on a consistent basis then you can put your products in the stack rack. You and your workers can access it from all four sides which should speed of the sending of the order and also the delivery of the product to the customer. Remember how we talked about the Amazon Prime program earlier in this article? The faster you can get out products but more likely you are to stay in this program. Subsequently, whatever you can do to make sure that you get your products out on time is a good thing for your pocketbook and your business.
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