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This Week’s Term Of The Week:

Storage Solutions Dock LevelerDock Leveler

This is a manually, hydraulically, or electrically operated plate that is located at the dock entrance. This leveler can be raised and lowered to accommodate varying trailer floor heights. These are important because they enhance safety and productivity on the dock through design features.

Some examples of dock levels are: standard pull-chain mechanical dock leveler, hydraulic dock leveler and a dock leveler with a safety barrier. Here at Storage-Solutions we use these on our own docks for safety and convenience.

Now that summer is here, it’s important to make sure your warehouse is up to date with proper safety standards.  Check out our safety and protection equipment to complete your operation!

Source:  wikiMHEDA/Dock_Leveler 

“If you build it, they will come…”  No truer words have ever been spoken, though we’re pretty sure whoever said it first wasn’t referring to a warehouse full of pallet rack.  But nonetheless, it’s true.  The key to providing your customers with the best possible service is to give them a storage system that works.

That’s what’s happening for our customer in Indiana.  Through building such an innovative and effective warehouse system, they are in turn going to be able to provide their customers with the best possible products and services. It’s a win for everybody.

In addition to the pick module post from last week, we have begun installing the pallet rack system throughout the warehouse.

Aspects Of This Project:

  • 1,920 bays of selective and tire rack
  • 2,016 uprights
  • 24,000 beams, wire decks and column protectors
  • Sprinklers installed
  • 13,800 linear feet of wire guidance (for fork trucks)

Check it out!

Storage Solutions Pallet Rack

Photo from last week:

Storage Solutions Pallet Rack

To follow all Project H Project Spotlight Series posts, click here.

Check back next week to see the FINAL RESULTS and a pretty fantastic time lapse video that shows you this project from start to finish.

Things are going well over here in Indiana with our second installation of Project H for our Project Spotlight!  This week, we’re breaking down the specs involved in this installation… specifically pick modules.

Aspects of the project:

  • 3 pick modules
  • 8,852 deep pallet flow lanes
  • 8,048 carton flow lanes
  • 501 sections of bin shelving, 8 levels each

Check it out!!

Storage Solutions Pick Module

Check out last week’s Project Spotlight: Project H post

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What are pick modules?

According to MHEDA’s resource website, wikiMHEDA, our go-to source for so many material handling definitions, pick modules can describe anything from a large area of a warehouse designated by order picking (such as multi-level mezzanine picking), to the individual sections of flow rack or other storage media that make up the picking area.

Why Pick Modules?

Pick modules provide high density storage and are typically customized to meet a particular warehouse or distribution center’s unique requirements.  Various storage solutions (pallet flow rack, carton flow, pallet rack, pushback rack, etc.) are integrated inside multi-level work platforms, allowing product to move more efficiently through a distribution facility or warehouse.

Be sure to check in again next week.  We’ll showcase another part of Project H.  It’s all coming together!  And we guarantee you’re going to LOVE the end result.

The first ever Storage Solutions Spring Newsletter is officially here! We are excited to present this to you, our faithful readers, as we continue to take steps to provide you with the most up-to-date industry news and information around.

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What You’ll Find:

In each newsletter, to be distributed bi-monthly, you’ll find…

  • Industry News – Sometimes… other people say it better.  So we will be including links to some great articles from our favorite online publications pertaining to the material handling and logistics industries.
  • Where Are We Now – Consider this the “Where’s Waldo” for Storage Solutions.  As we mentioned in a previous blog post, our installation crews are constantly traveling all over the country for jobs both large and small.
  • Project Spotlight Series – We know you’re chomping at the bit to get another piece of this new blog series.  You can check out the progress we’re making on various jobs throughout the country… We know you won’t be disappointed.
  • Current Storage Solutions Events – Whether we’re hiring, headed to a trade show or showcasing another aspect of our business or employees, this is where you’ll find the information!
  • Terms Of The Month – Essentially a compilation of our “Term Of The Week” postings, we’ll provide a very basic “material handling glossary” for our readers.

We’re looking forward to hearing your feedback, so be sure to let us know if there are other topics and information you’d like to see us write about.  We’re always up open to suggestions!  So read on and enjoy!

When it comes to this business, sometimes it’s easy for people to assume that because we’re located in central Indiana, we serve businesses in and around our area only. Well… That’s just not true.  Storage Solutions prides itself on the fact that we have skilled installation crews who are constantly going the distance. Literally.

Where Are We Now?

WhereAreWeNow Peoria, IL

Seguin, TX

Lakeland, FL

Clayton, OH

Atlanta, GA

New Brunswick, NJ

Indianapolis, IN

Waco, TX

Whether a job is 5,000 sq. ft. right next door or over 1 million sq. ft. five states away, we’re always willing and able to get the job done.  If you’ve got a project you’d like us to work with you on, give us a call at 866.474.2001 or contact us!  We’ve got a great inventory of both new and used material handling products.  Be sure to check out our clearance section for great deals!

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!

What Is Drive-In Pallet Rack?

Drive-in pallet rack functions by allowing  the forklift operator to enter the racking system from one side in order to pick up or pull out pallets.  While this type of rack is typically subjected to more physical damage from forklifts, drive-in pallet rack an optimize space effectively.  Drive-in rack requires fewer aisles, which allows for up to 75% more pallets to be stored in a given amount of space (compared to last week’s Term Of The Week, selective pallet rack).

Drive-in pallet rack utilizes what is referred to as a LIFO system of storage (last in, first out).  This is what allows you to store a large amount of similar pallets in a small area, giving you increased storage density when compared to standard selective pallet rack.

It may not be an Oscar, but we’re pretty excited to have recently been awarded the Nashville Wire 2010 Premiere Dealer Award!  We take a lot of pride in our partnerships, and Nashville Wire has been a consistently positive one since the beginning.  We got on the phone with Nashville Wire’s Vice President of Sales, Steve Johnson, to find out why Storage Solutions received this award and what role our partnership plays in their company’s success.

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According to Steve, there were three main criteria required for a company to be considered for this award:

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  • Sales Volume
  • Communication
  • Professionalism

“Obviously sales volume is an important characteristic when it comes to these things,” Johnson said.  “In 2010, Storage Solutions far surpassed other partners in promoting Nashville Wire products.”

Over the years, we have prided ourselves on the fact that our teamwork, customer service and start-to-finish attention to detail parallels no other material handling company. According to Johnson, “Storage Solutions has consistently kept a great communication record,” from engineering, to quoting and lead follow-up.

“The professionalism from the beinning of the quoting process through the last step of the installation has been tremendous,” Johnson said.  “Everything in there is flawless.  [The] support staff makes the difference for your sales team.”

Partnerships mean so much to the success of our business.  Are you looking to partner with a material handling company for a project or series of projects?  We’ve got the kind of experience and customer service it takes to establish a long and fruitful business relationship.  Give us a call at 866.474.2001!

We’ve got a great new used conveyor package available!  Currently located in northeastern Ohio, this conveyor package includes accumulation conveyor, trashline conveyor and a bi-directional Unisort XV sorter.  All products are six years old and manufactured by FKI.

Package Includes:

Conveyor

FKI Bi-Directional Unisort XV Sorter

trashline conveyor

2,100 ft. of 42″W FKI Trashline Conveyor

Price  |  $70 per foot Includes new belt

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800 Ft. of 24″W FKI Accumulation Conveyor

Price  |  $90 per foot

 For additional information, please contact our Online Sales team at [email protected] or by calling 866.474.2001.

When it comes to the material handling industry, it can often times be difficult to keep up with the terminology we use from day to day.  We have decided to start posting a Term Of The Week to break it down in terms everyone can understand.

This week’s Term Of The Week:

Selective Pallet RackSELECTIVE RACK

Standard selective pallet rack is designed for the purpose of the bulk storage of palletized goods and equipment.  All types of pallet racking create some level of increase in storage density, storing materials in horizontal bays.  Pallet rack is an essential and ever-present element in most modern warehouse, manufacturing facilities, retail centers and other storage and distribution facilities.

Elements of Selective Rack:

  • Pallet Rack Uprights – the vertical pieces of these storage units, which are typically anchored to the floor and provide the support for the racking system.
  • Pallet Rack Beams – clip into the uprights and provide the horizontal support in these units.
  • Wire Decks – are the final element of these units, which sit on top of the beams and create the sheld that the pallets and/or goods sit on.