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Rethinking racking

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  Rethinking racking If there’s a word to describe the state of the supply chain over the past two years, it’s disruption. From the pandemic to labor shortages, to black swan events like a ship blocking the Suez Canal and the war in Ukraine, nothing has gone as the industry expected. With no end in sight, companies are rethinking how they operate going forward. From the supplier to the manufacturer to the customer, many links of the supply chain have come up short of late—and the fallout continues. One piece of the fallout is a current slowdown of the former popular approach of lean warehousing/just-in-time (JIT) warehousing. While e-commerce is demanding that products be available and ready to ship in rapid fire, too many companies have been burned since 2020 with having too little inventory on hand. There’s a bit of a return to onshoring to keep production closer at hand. There’s an even bigger return to holding safety stock and larger amounts of inventory. As a conseque...
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TOP 10 RACK AND SHELVING DAMAGES

  TOP 10 RACK AND SHELVING DAMAGES Designed and made to last, warehouse storage racks are often taken for granted. Unlike forklifts or conveyor systems, which have planned maintenance schedules, warehouse storage racks are often overused. The damages are usually ignored or go unreported as they may reflect poorly on the person (s) involved in the incident. While there is no planned hour, days, or weeks where warehouse rack damages may disrupt the operations, you can't rely on guesswork and assume that the rack and shelving are in good condition without maintenance. Depending on the severity of the damage to the component, the location of the damage, the load capacity, or the nature of the load, a damaged warehouse rack and shelving is likely to disrupt the operation, especially when the racks fail. Instead, prepare ahead and be more conscious of the warehouse environment by paying closer attention to the possible damaged areas.  WHERE CAN WE EXPECT THE DAMAGES TO BE? 1. Uprigh...
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