Shelving.com recently completed a job at an e-commerce facility in Chesterfield, MI.  With sales increasing every month, the customer was in need of a shelving upgrade, looking for a more efficient storage solution in their warehouse. After assessing their space, we determined push back pallet racking was the best option.  Best used when storing Read the full article…

Spring is the perfect time to reorganize and rethink the way your company stores inventory. With so much happening in a warehouse, it can be difficult to find time to plan a storage strategy that works for your business. However, making a few inexpensive changes can pay dividends for any company that wants to make Read the full article…

On the surface, “high density storage” sounds like something every warehouse needs, doesn’t it? Everyone has a ton of products they need to store somewhere, and a lot of people tend to equate “high density” with “high capacity”. This isn’t completely inaccurate – there’s a lot of room and a lot of things that can Read the full article…

Inventory management: the backbone of every successful warehouse, and occasionally the bane of every warehouse manager’s existence. The constant flow of products in and out of the average warehouse combined with the frequent changes in equipment and operating procedure means that keeping up with inventory can be a full-time job in and of itself, no Read the full article…

Some days it feels like no matter how hard you work to optimize your warehouse, there’s always a few things standing in the way of productivity. It’s nobody’s fault – your staff works as hard as they can with the tools they have, and there’s some tasks that are always going to take longer than Read the full article…

Warehouses can be complicated creatures. The uninitiated might assume they’re just for storing products, but there’s actually a lot of work that goes on in there from shipping and receiving, to packaging, and even direct-to-customer sales for a lot of eCommerce businesses.   But no matter what your warehouse specializes in, be it retail products, Read the full article…

For the uninitiated, the term ‘storage strategy’ might seem a little obvious and unnecessary. After all, why are you spending so much time trying to optimize your storage, prioritize your deliveries, and rearrange your warehouse as needed unless you already had a strategy in place?   You might be surprised to learn then that storage Read the full article…

Just like any other industry, warehousing and product distribution is subject to changing trends in technology to the point where these changes can affect how work gets done.   Some of these changes in technology can better help managers and warehouse staff get things done, others are a bit more challenging to try to implement Read the full article…

Especially in these days of ecommerce and on-demand order fulfillment, having a strong picking process can really make or break your business when demand for your items is high. Odds are you’ve become familiar with this process over your years in the warehousing business, but as the needs of business change there’s always a chance Read the full article…

Every workplace needs a little TLC every now and again, and that goes double for warehouses and distribution centers. Between the needed equipment, the constant flow of products and inventory, and the number of workers in any given factory, tools and supplies are bound to break down and need repair or replacement.   While there’s Read the full article…

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