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Warehouse Storage Solutions

What are Warehouse Storage Solutions?

Warehouse storage systems store and organize inventory in a warehouse. There are many different warehouse storage systems, each with advantages and disadvantages. The most common warehouse storage systems include pallet racking, pallet flow, industrial shelving, carton flow, mobile shelving, and mezzanine flooring. The ideal warehouse storage solution depends on the size of the facility, the inventory, and the business goals.

Who can Benefit from Warehouse Storage Solutions?

Did you know that only 20% of current warehouse space is used to its full potential? Effective warehouse storage solutions help companies maximize warehouse space and offer various operational benefits, increasing supply chain efficiency and boosting employee productivity.

Proper storage solutions optimize available space and make it easier for workers to locate and retrieve products safely and efficiently.

How Storage Solutions Solve Warehouse Challenges

A disorganized warehouse space prevents companies from maximizing profitability. Long paths between products, inefficient warehouse storage solutions, and unlabeled inventory all result in wasted time for workers. A successfully-managed warehouse, however, provides significant benefits across the company. Warehouse storage solutions, in particular, help solve the following challenges:

UNEX Wheel Bed Carton Flow in a Narrow Aisle Warehouse
  • Insufficient Storage Capacity: Warehouse and distribution center managers are constantly identifying opportunities to utilize existing space and meet capacity needs. Leveraging efficient warehouse storage solutions enable warehouses to store more products in the same footprint.
  • Productivity: Excess picker search and travel time is wasteful, heightens the chance of a mispick, and negatively impacts your bottom line. To maximize worker productivity, warehouses should condense and label SKUs to ensure they are accessible and easy to find. 
  • Disorganized Product: Fulfillment centers need to keep up with consumer demand. Customized warehouse storage solutions put high-volume items in easy-to-access areas, keeping low-volume products accessible but in less high-profile positions. Organized inventory also empowers smaller staff to get more daily picks for maximum productivity.
  • High Labor Costs: Labor costs account for 60-80% of a fulfillment operation‘s expenses.  The best way to reduce labor costs is to leverage storage to minimize travel and search time and increase the picks-per-day rate. Teams can also decrease labor costs by streamlining packing and shipping processes.

Manual vs Automated Warehouse Solutions

To reduce production and labor costs, warehouses use automated solutions such as robots in various operations, from grabbing bins filled with merchandise to stacking these bins onto pallets. Robots help perform tasks and cut down travel time for workers. Shelves are packed more densely because there is no need for aisle space to accommodate large groups of people.

However, while automation is a viable option for optimizing warehouse processes, it has drawbacks. It’s more expensive to scale, increases energy costs, and requires specific technical knowledge to operate. Additionally, there are still some tasks where humans outperform robots – one of which is the ability to efficiently pick individual items of varying sizes and shapes off the shelves.

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Optimize Your Warehouse Space with UNEX Storage Solutions

Optimizing warehouse space utilization makes meeting the challenges you face today easier. High-density industrial shelving, like UNEX SpeedCell, offers a convenient solution for increasing storage density by 40-60% without expanding your warehouse footprint.

SpanTrack carton flow systems expand warehouse storage capacity by better utilizing the space within your pallet racking. The gravity-fed, rear-to-front inventory replenishment to the point of pick allows warehouses to fully use the depth of their pallet racking, empowering them to store more SKUs in the same footprint and create ideal FIFO inventory rotation. 

UNEX Pallet Track, a dynamic pallet flow system, increases warehouse efficiency and reduces labor costs by supporting two-deep pallet storage lanes with high levels of visibility and accessibility.

Solve Space and Flow Challenges with UNEX Storage Systems

An effective warehouse storage solution enables organizations to work at peak productivity within their existing footprint. Companies need to implement the right size product storage system for their operations to maximize their space utilization. Effective storage solutions have the potential to reduce search and travel time.

With its robust portfolio of engineered-to-order storage solutions, UNEX helps order fulfillment, logistics, and retail companies increase their supply chain efficiency.

Explore UNEX Solutions

UNEX SpeedCell industrial shelving solution

SpeedCell

SpeedCell is a dynamic warehouse storage solution uniquely designed to save time, space, and money by using existing space within standard pallet racking. Its compact design can compress 200′ of rack or shelving into 40′ of highly organized space.

Key benefits of SpeedCell include:

  • Transform vacant space into useable storage and increase storage density by 40-60%
  • Create a highly efficient and accurate pick 
  • Reduce picker travel time by 80%
  • Reduce labor costs by up to 40% 
UNEX SpanTrack Carton Flow Lanes

SpanTrack Lane

SpanTrack Lane is an innovative carton-flow solution that drops into new or existing pallet rack structures to create an efficient, reliable, and durable flow system. Depend on a robust and sturdy solution for even the most active warehouses and assembly plants.

Key benefits of Spantrack include:

  • Ensure FIFO inventory rotation
  • Reduce worker travel time by up to 75%
  • Optimized for product stacking
  • Industry-leading 7-year warranty
UNEX Pallet Track - Pallet Flow Solution

Pallet Track

Pallet Track is a durable pallet flow solution that utilizes rollers or wheel rails to optimize flow for fast-moving inventory. Our high-quality pallet tracks increase efficiency and storage density and can be customized to fit an operation’s unique needs.

Key benefits of Pallet Track include:

  • Select from a variety of track lengths and mounting options 
  • Increase storage density
  • Reduce fork truck operations
  • Decrease damage to inventory
UNEX SpanTrack Carton Flow Wheel Bed

SpanTrack Wheel Bed

SpanTrack Wheel Bed is a flexible carton flow solution that drops into new or existing pallet rack structures to create the ultimate gravity flow rack system for warehouses, order picking operations, manufacturing facilities, and more. 

Additional Benefits Of Spantrack Wheel Bed Include:

  • Hex hub wheel design for optimal flow
  • Store products with a wide variation in size and weight
  • Increase flexibility for inventory slotting with 90% left to right bay usage
  • Replenish inventory from the back without interrupting the process in front
UNEX Pick Shelves - Industrial Shelving Solution

Pick Shelves

Tilted pick shelves significantly improve SKU visibility, resulting in faster order picking and more comfortable, precise picks for workers. Our easy-to-mount pick shelves are customizable and fit perfectly in racks and on workstations.

Additional Benefits Of Pick Shelves Include:

  • Integrate slow movers into the pick line to save space and increase efficiency
  • Eliminate the dead zone
  • Accelerate pick rates
  • Provide clear visibility and accessibility at the pick point and improve worker comfort
UNEX Roller Rack Gravity Flow Rack Solution

Roller Rack

Roller Rack is a pre-engineered gravity flow rack designed to optimize efficiency, safety, and FIFO rotation in many settings. They are pre-configured, easy to assemble, and ready when your facility needs them.

Additional Benefits Of Roller Racks Include:

  • Quick and easy to build and install
  • Create bays seven times denser than pallet position storage
  • Reduce picker travel time by up to 75%
  • Improve access and visibility while reducing strain on workers
UNEX Shelf Track Carton Flow Solution

Shelf Track

Shelf Track is a carton flow system that replaces unreliable plastic wheel rails and integrates easily into existing racks and shelves. The drop-in design helps create an efficient and accessible pick point for workers and increases productivity.

Key benefits of Shelf Track include:

  • 300% more surface area compared to plastic wheel rails
  • Works with almost any shelf and accessories 
  • Minimize maintenance and replacement costs
  • Achieve unrivaled flow
UNEX FlowCell Mobile Flow Racks

FlowCell

FlowCell flow racks are modular, dynamic storage units designed for a facility's unique operation. Our durable and portable workstations maximize efficiency and space for warehousing, lineside storage, sub-assembly stations, supermarket racks, modular mobile carts, and more.

Additional Benefits Of FlowCell Include:

  • Increase space utilization by up to 50%
  • Boost production efficiency by up to 30%
  • Keep the factory floor organized
  • Minimize reaching and improve ergonomics by reducing injury and fatigue

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