Racking up warehouse efficiency with storage systems
As many have said during tough times, “There’s nowhere else to go but up.” In warehouses around the world, this phrase takes on a more literal meaning as the proliferation of SKUs forces many businesses to maximize the vertical space in their facilities with racking and automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS).
“[SKU proliferation is] causing a dramatic shift in the warehousing industry,” says Skip Eastman, president of Twinlode, South Bend, Ind. “Manufacturers and warehousing people are having a dramatically, continuously increasing number of stock-keeping units, and to maintain the density of flow with all of those different stock-keeping units has created a challenge in the entire industry.”