Selective pallet racking is found in the majority of warehouses plus distribution centers across the country! This genre of storage system provides simple accessibility to all products at all times; It effectively handles a wide variety of diver stock keeping units or SKUs.
Another advantageous type of system is drive-in or drive-thru racking, with this configuration, the pallet rack maximizes space by minimizing aisles, then forklift drivers are able to drive directly into the rack. This provides for storage in both height plus depth. It is ideal for warehouses that deal with immense amounts of similar items. With push-back pallet racking, each pallet is loaded from the front side. It is pushed back by way of the next pallet’s entry. It is a rewarding option for LIFO inventory management, however push-back pallet racking is designed for warehouses with many pallets of the same product. Pallet flow racking is designed with sloping rails. It uses gravity to feed pallets from the loading side to the unloading side. When a load is removed, the next pallet slides automatically forward, perfectly accommodating FIFO inventory management. A specialized system known as cantilever racking features arms extending from a single column, and cantilever racking accommodates odd-shaped products such as plumbing pipes, sheets of drywall or lumber, then eliminating a front column allows for simple loading plus unloading. Double-deep pallet racking allows four pallets to be stacked back-to-back. While it necessitates a deep-reach truck, it works well for storing giant quantities of similar items. It minimizes aisle space plus optimizes storage density.