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Convenience Store Giant

New Warehouse for Convenience Store Giant

At Storage Solutions, we are all about selling solutions. When our customer needed racking for their convenience store warehouse in a high seismic zone, but didn’t have the room for the extra large base-plates, our team was able to solve the problem with tube rack!

Their Problem / Our solution:

The customer needed new racking in a new warehouse to serve a convenience store giant.  The warehouse is located in a high seismic zone, and standard racking would require very large base-plates.

Our team utilized tube racking, and the base-plate size was greatly reduced allowing more product space on the floor.

Products installed

  • Tube Rack
  • Wire Decking
  • Pallet Supports
  • Gravity Conveyor
  • Carton Flow
  • Trucker Cage
  • Guarding Products

Check out our Case Study page for a time-lapse video of the installation and to learn more about the project!

Storage Solutions Project Spotlight: Mississippi

I know it has been awhile, but we are back with a new “Project Spotlight” series and we’ve got quite the list of projects to showcase in the next few weeks!  I am going to start by taking you down to Mississippi, where we are dismantling nearly 2,700 pallet rack bays and over 2,000 bin sections that make up a 15,000 sq ft two-story bin mezzanine. This also includes three sets of stairs and one vertical reciprocating lift.

Objective: The customer is closing their current distribution center and opening multiple distribution centers nationwide. Our team is tearing down and buying back the used equipment in the current facility.

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Make sure to come back next week to see how this project is progressing.  To take a look at past Project Spolights, click here.

One of our niches at Storage Solutions is assisting our customers with any type of warehouse transition. We know that trying to move and sell your old equipment can be quite the headache. Let us help you with the process buy buying back your used equipment, and remove the hassle of finding a buyer and having to ship your equipment! For more information, call us today at 866.474.2001.

Save the Date for the Storage Solutions Open House!

We are hosting an open house! Help us celebrate 34 years in the material handling business!

Our facility is quite the site to see! Come take a tour of our 330,000 sq. ft. warehouse and see just how exceptional our operation really is, and while doing so enjoy food, beverages and music, win prizes and meet our team!

Thursday, September 13th, 2012, 3-7pm

Storage Solutions Corporate Headquarters

910 East 169th Street

Westfield, IN 46074

We look forward to seeing you there!

CLICK HERE TO RSVP

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Storage Solutions Project Spotlight: Project H

Our Project Spotlight Series has officially started!  We would like to introduce you to the first project to kick off our series, which is located in Indiana.  For confidentiality purposes, we’re going to call this project PROJECT H.

PROJECT H

Business Objectives:  To maximize warheouse space for efficient storage of heavy duty machinery and manufacturing parts.

Storage Solutions Project Spotlight

Featured Products:

This is just the beginning.  With Project H off to a successful start, be sure to check back next week to see our progress.  Also to be featured next week: pick module installation specs, any installation challenges on the job, and more photos!

Meet our New Intern: James Cira

Storage Solutions has a new intern!  I would like to take a few minutes this week to introduce him to everyone.  Let’s get to know a little about James.

DSCN6692Where are you from?  “I am from Elkhart, and I went to high school at Concord High.  I am currently attending Ball State University where I study Marketing.”

What brought you to Storage Solutions?  “I first came into contact with Storage Solutions at a BSU Career Fair.  After coming in for an interview, I noticed that Storage Solutions is a great company, and is a market leader in the material handling industry.  I decided to accept an internship position because I believe this experience will assist my own personal and professional development.”

What has been your most interesting experience so far?  “My most interesting moment so far has been going down to the jobsite in Greenwood, IN to see a new distribution center that we are outfitting with used pallet rack.  I really enjoyed seeing how we turn a big empty warehouse into a fully equipped, fully functional distribution center.”

Tell us something interesting about yourself.  “I have an identical twin brother.”

On behalf of everyone here at Storage Solutions, welcome to the team!

On a side note, we will be adding more material handling equipment to the clearance section of our website every week.  Make sure to take a few minutes to see if there is anything on there that catches your eye!

Thanks for joining us this week.  I hope you all check back again next Thursday.

Build-A-Bear Workshop & Storage Solutions

build-a-bearBuild-A-Bear Workshop® wanted to enhance their distribution capability to support the future growth of their business. They built their first company-owned Bearhouse distribution center near Columbus, Ohio to meet this need.

Storage Solutions worked closely with Build-A-Bear Workshop and Kurt Salmon Associates to get the Bearhouse up and running on time, even with unpredictable winter weather.

“Our new state-of-the-art distribution center allows us to not only improve inventory control and management, realize greater efficiencies and reduce operating costs, but also has been designed to accommodate projected growth well into the future. Storage Solutions provided a warehouse configuration that can change and grow as we do.” said Build-A-Bear Workshop Director Bearhouse Operations, Aaron Wilcox.

“Storage Solutions was a true partner, not just a vendor,” explains Sean Whitehouse of Kurt Salmon Associates. “They delivered outstanding customer service at a very competitive price. During the planning phase, they provided innovative suggestions to fine tune the material handling equipment configuration and keep costs down.”

Contact us to let us handle your next project.