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STORAGE SYSTEMS

Logistics became a topic for discussion in the Business World in the 1960's and 1970's and rose to prominence in the 1980's. It was truly in the 1990's; however, that Logistics began to garner the appreciation it deserved. In the twenty-first century and beyond, the creation of a sleek, flexible and effective supply and value chains will no less than define the success or failure of organizations and perhaps even entire business types.

A warehouse management system is a critical component of an effective overall Supply Chain management systems solution. Warehouse management is now, or will soon be, a must-have for every logistics operation to remain competitve.

The inbound goods must be stored properly in the warehouse in order to fully utilize the warehouse space. It will help save in the necessary expenses for the warehouse space. There are many types of storage systems in the warehouse such as pallet rack, metal racks, shelves racking, cantilever racks, record storage racks, drive-in racks and rivet racks shelving systems.

The objective of this blog is to further enhance your understanding on one of the storage systems, “Vertical and Horizontal Carousel”. This blog will bring you through the features of the carousels, cost of the carousels and the advantages and disadvantages of the carousels.

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Saturday, January 20, 2007

ADVANTAGES OF VERTICAL CAROUSEL SYSTEM

Listed below are several points on why the Vertical Carousel System is a good storage system for warehouse:

~ Minimizes human error, reduces picker’s effort especially in transit time (i.e. movement) and increases warehouse throughput.

~ Walking and searching times are significantly reduced, thus increasing picking productivity.

~ Provides signigicant space savings over traditional static storage solutions.

~ Fully utilizes cubic capacity in warehouse, thus reducing floor space requirements.

~ Under-used racks, shelves, and cabinets are eliminated; therefore aisles and gangways are cleared of clutter.

~ Materials delivered directly to operator, minimizing walking, climbing, bending or reaching for heavy objects.

~ No more risk of injury from climbing up and down ladders to retrieve heavy or bulky boxes.

~ All materials are delivered to operators at ergonomically correct waist high position, reducing potential back injuries.

~ Pass-through design eliminates time consuming transport of items from floor to floor.

~ Point-of-use design keeps parts closer to the operation, eliminates trips to cribs or stock rooms.

~ System can be easily operated by warehouse personnel.

~ Able to work at high speed and accuracy in order picking work.

~ Vertical carousel system linked to WMS thus reduces possibilities of stock-out situations.

~ Lesser manpower needed, thus company would be able to save on labour cost.

~ Offers high security as even though items are kept out of sight, there is the ability to lock the entire contents.

~ Units can be furnished with special temperature controls, fire suppression systems, and clean room modifications.

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