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Article: A warehouse on wheels: mobile racking lets distribution centers make the most of limited space.(RACKING SYSTEMS)
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- Food Logistics
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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In warehousing, one of the biggest challenges has been increasing the amount of usable storage space without increasing the building's footprint. Many companies have seemingly exhausted all their options. They've started crossdocking some inventory, put storage racks over dock doors and across aisles, cleared out slower-moving SKUs, turned some things over to third-party logistics providers and more, but it's still not enough.
For them, a new mobile racking solution that has proven itself overseas for years is now making its way to North America. These racks promise to increase the amount of usable space in an existing warehouse to about 85 percent.
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