Monday, September 29, 2014
As a small business owner, do you often lie awake at night wondering how giant companies stock their product? How their distribution and orders are performed quickly and often without error? With the help of shelving systems, of course! Installing the proper shelving in a distribution center or warehouse, be it big or small, is crucial in ensuring an efficient and safe environment. Check out how some of the world’s largest corporations use shelving to keep stock in order. You may even find what your business has been missing! Amazon At a fulfillment center for Amazon, bulk storage racks inside storage mezzanines are used to house the millions of products listed on their site. Currently, over 20,000 people are employed through Amazon’s fulfillment centers in the U.S. alone! Mezzanines create room for lots of storage without crowding or the need to climb. This means the product gets pulled quickly! Netflix Netflix has incorporated both wire shelving and rivet shelving to sort through DVD returns and orders. By using wire shelving casters on the bottom of their racks, they’ve created a space-saving mobile aisle system that can easily be moved, added onto or re-organized. So what does this mean for your small business? No matter how big (or small) your warehouse is, there’s a couple good lessons we can all take from this:
Sure, you may not have an Amazon fulfillment center of your own – but if you run your own warehouse carefully, you can still be successful!
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