Selective pallet racking is found in the majority of warehouses and distribution centers across the country.
This style of storage system provides easy 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. Forklift drivers are able to drive directly into the rack. This provides for storage in both height and depth. It is ideal for warehouses that deal with large 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. 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. Cantilever racking accommodates odd-shaped products such as plumbing pipes, sheets of drywall or lumber. Eliminating a front column allows for easy loading and 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 big quantities of similar items. It minimizes aisle space and optimizes storage density.