The Most Common Pallet Racking Missteps

After you have made the important decision of choosing pallet racking for your business, you open yourself up to important mistakes that can happen before, during and after heavy duty pallet racking system implementation.

Hopefully, upon purchasing them, you have been alerted to them, but in some circumstances, you could be left alone with it with no warning. In truth, all mistakes can be avoided with simple advice upfront, so we have compiled a simple guide to some of the biggest and most common ones that occur.

Wrong Design

If you’ve not worked out the measurements and thought logistically of how these structures will operate within the space you’ve got, then your workflow is the victim.

It may sound like a ridiculous mistake to make but it happens much more than you would believe. It could be a decision left with someone not fully clued into what is required and simply went for the cheapest option online. Not only that but they could not be aware of the difference in benefits and advantages of different systems based on what products you store. Be sure to talk with a professional if there is uncertainty about which pallet racking is right for your needs.

The Time Test

No matter what size your business is you have plans for it to grow and expand, and that is why you need to have that as a focus of your pallet racking purchase.

Having racking that allows for future growth and accommodates for the shift in your company needs provides a suitable backdrop that does not interrupt workflow whilst change is undergoing.

Know Your Loads

Having the right equipment is also about knowing our exact load requirements.

Although you may feel this is common sense, a lot of industrial accidents occur due to overloading or stocking products that far outweighs the requirement. Simply underestimating or overestimating your storage solutions can have an impact on health and safety and also on financial losses, as well as working time due to aisles being off-limits due to accident or deemed a risk by health and safety officials.

Existing Equipment

Another overlooked area is that forklift and picking equipment may not adequately match up to the pallet racking width.

This may also then require further purchases of new machinery which would be an unnecessary cost if you had taken the time to document the required width and height of both. Having a forklift that cannot french the top is one thing, but one that cannot even load and unload is also plenty of egg on the face that can be avoided.

When choosing pallet racking, commercial shelving and warehouse storage equipment in general, you need to be sure that what you choose is the right fit in more ways than one. If in doubt of your requirements, contact the team at Monarch Shelving for every type of heavy duty pallet racking system your warehouse could ever need.