Industrial warehouse racking is integral for streamlining your warehouses’s operations and creating a more efficient and successful working environment. Optimising warehouse storage, high-quality racking systems can double or triple your warehouse’s holding capacity without increasing the square footage which is paid for altogether.
The recent boom in e-commerce has also resulted in the number of industrial warehouse racking accelerating, with the total number of warehouses worldwide expected to reach just under 180,000 by 2025. This sudden demand for warehouses has skyrocketed, with expanding growth continuing throughout the year.
This article will explore the benefits of racking systems within your warehouse and the types of solutions that are on offer at Western Industrial.
What Are Industrial Warehouses?
Industrial warehouses provide large quantities of space for businesses storing their inventory, equipment or any other items. Often storing a mix of raw materials, semi-finished products and finished goods, industrial warehouses complete this all within a controlled, systematic and safe environment.
Often part of a complex logistics network which allows companies to store, protect and move their products from place to place, businesses are enabled to maximise the efficiency of their workplace throughout.
What Is Warehouse Industrial Racking?
Structured shelving and warehouse racking systems help to simplify what can otherwise be a complex operation for storage optimisation, with many different parts and functions occurring simultaneously.
Consequently, warehouse industrial racking provides valuable storage and organisational solutions that can be tailored to not only each business, but each individual product.
Why Is Racking Important In A Warehouse?
There are many benefits to warehouse racking, improving the overall efficiency of your business operations. So, how exactly does industrial warehouse racking increase productivity?
1. Smooth-running of daily operations
Firstly, industrial warehouse systems give your business a streamlined approach that results in smooth running operations. Ensuring that goods are stored in a systematic and logical manner, industrial warehouse racking reduces the time and effort required to handle inventory, leading to significant productivity advancement.
2. Follow health and safety rules
Health and safety in the workplace is built on a foundation of basic measures being in place, optimal storage solutions being one of them. Maintaining all equipment and items located within your premises is important. With the introduction of industrial racking your items can be neatly organised across the area, not strewn across the floor and presenting hazards.
With there being a heightened risk of slipping or falling on items left in walkways, or spillage occurring from various liquid products, it’s essential that any warehouse space is kept organised and safe from potential accidents.
3. Optimise existing warehouse storage space
Racking systems allow each item of stock to be allocated its own place, controlling inventory levels by improving the ease of storing, finding and redistributing stock. Additionally, this level of organisation minimises the chances of items being out-of-stock, overstocking items or losing or damaging items altogether, as well as organising pallets efficiently.
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It’s integral to consider the layout of your facility, the width of the aisles and the demand for each product, as well as the frequency at which it will be picked and replenished.
4. Maintaining competitiveness
Gain an edge over your competitors with our versatile industrial racking systems, resulting in long-term success.
Implementing a structured approach to categories and label storage racks will mean that you are thus, making your supply chain more effective, enabling efficient inventory management. Your new, agile warehouse will mean that you’ll have a competitive market edge when engineered correctly.
5. Reduce cost in operations
Warehouses can be a costly environment to invest in, especially with the large-scale storage racking required. Specialist warehouse facilities that utilise racking and shelving systems will see the benefits of bespoke racking systems to suit the space required.This streamlined approach to warehouse management allows for increased efficiency, reduced errors and improved productivity, all which lead to colossal cost savings.
6. Improve time management
Reduce the amount of time spent searching for specific items and offer enhanced accessibility with time-saving industrial warehouse racking facilities across the collection.
Types Of Warehouse Racking From Western Industrial
We design, supply and install an array of warehouse racking systems, with the aim of providing bespoke solutions to improve the functionality of your business.
Pallet Racking
This is one of the most popular types of racking systems, enabling forklifts or lifting machines to place goods onto racks as pallets.
With the three essential elements being the racks, the pallets and the forklifts or handling equipment, we work together with you to ensure that your palletised goods can be handled and stored as efficiently as possible.
Push Back Racking
Similar to pallet racking, however more ideal for storing and moving small, light or delicate items that need to be stored or transported in a tight space, push back racking is based on the LIFO (last in, first out) principle, as goods are instead accessed from a single working aisle.
Wide Aisle Racking
Configured in rows and offering direct access to every palette, our wide aisle racking maximises your warehouse storage capacity through the integration of multi-levelled racks, able to be as high as the building allows.
Narrow Aisle Racking
If you’re looking for more storage space, then narrow aisle racking could be the suitable choice for you. With direct access to each pallet for picking, processing or retrieving specific items, narrow aisle racking allows for higher storage density.
Unsure which racking system is right for you? Visit our racking systems FAQs right now, or alternatively, call us on 01364 651860.
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