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Read the latest in the storage solutions industry! From warehouse layout and design to mezzanine systems, practical storage tips and tricks, and more. And be sure to read what Bill Bavagnoli, Specialized Storage Solutions President, has to say about warehouse layout and design here.

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Double Your Warehouse Floor Space With A Steel Mezzanine

Experiencing significant grown in your company is a fantastic feeling, but running out of storage space for your inventory can be disastrous. Before you invest in a massive new warehouse or analyze your inventory to see what you can cut back on, read on to find out how the installation of a steel mezzanine can double your available floor space. The opportunities for maximizing your warehouse layout and design by adding a steel mezzanine has to potential to help your company exponentially with future goals. As a business that carries inventory, you know that storing the optimum amount of goods can […]

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Does Your Warehouse Honor Pareto’s Law? How Our Warehouse Racking Solutions Can Help

Does Your Warehouse Honor Pareto’s Law? How Our Warehouse Racking Solutions Can Help You already know how important an expertly-managed and smoothly functioning warehouse is to a successful business.  But did you know that by applying one simple principle to the layout and management of your warehouse, you can significantly improve the efficiency of your operation, ultimately increasing your profit? Find out how our warehouse racking solutions could help your company in exactly this manner. At Specialized Storage, we offer a free operational analysis in which we’ll review your current environment and determine how we can help you with your storage, […]

Are Cloud-based Warehouse Solutions the Future of Warehouse Management?

Are Cloud-based Warehouse Solutions the Future of Warehouse Management?

Are Cloud-based Warehouse Solutions the Future of Warehouse Management? Since its inception almost 50 years ago, the Cloud has revolutionized the way we go about our lives. Even more significantly, it has revolutionized the way we do business. Over the past two decades, the Cloud has fueled the transformation of digital management. Companies are discovering that cloud-based computing cuts cost, increases scalability, and improves customer service. A shift is coming in the way cloud-based business is done. As innovations with cloud computing continue to take leaps forward, the Cloud will no longer just be an inexpensive temporary server or practically-limitless storage […]

Mezzanine Office Design Ideas: Expand Work Space, Improve Work Flow

There are three things that all businesses always need more of: Time, Space, and Money. This never-ending struggle is especially real for large companies. As your company grows, so does the need to find a solution to these significant struggles. What most business owners aren’t aware of is how a mezzanine office may be a solution to all three of those needs. It’s a bold claim, isn’t it? Let’s take a closer look at how adding a steel mezzanine office can help elevate your company to the next level, literally. Create Space. Maximize Efficiency. Increase Profitability. It’s what Specialized Storage does […]

Increase Your Warehouse Floor Space by up to 33% With A Steel Mezzanine

Experiencing significant grown in your company is a fantastic feeling, but running out of storage space for your inventory can be disastrous. Before you invest in a massive new warehouse or analyze your inventory to see what you can cut back on, read on to find out how the installation of a steel mezzanine can increase your available floor space by an incredible 33%. The opportunities for maximizing your warehouse layout and design by adding a steel mezzanine has to potential to help your company exponentially with future goals. As a business that carries inventory, you know that storing the optimum […]

Best Warehouse Layout Optimization for Your Business: U Flow or Through Flow?

Best Warehouse Layout Optimization for Your Business: U Flow or Through Flow? Being a business owner means that you must handle a unique set of challenges that don’t even occur to most people. For example, warehouse layout optimization.  Warehouse solutions are not typically a subject that comes up at dinner parties, but if your company needs warehouse space, it’s a subject that will drive you mad if you don’t address it from the get-go. Whether your company is a small business or a large corporation, setting up your warehouse in an optimal physical layout will be the lynchpin of saving money, […]

Warehouse Solutions: Warehouse Layout and Design for Breweries and Beer Distribution

Warehouse Solutions:  Warehouse Layout and Design for Breweries and Beer Distribution   It is sometimes hard to know who is more passionate about craft beer: the brewers or the consumers. The truth is, craft beer has taken the world by storm and it is only growing in popularity. If you are a passionate brewer with big visions of getting your brew out there for all to enjoy, that’s fantastic. Just make sure you remember the more mundane details. While celebrating the creative joys of recipe development and playing with the nuances of your newest IPA flavor, don’t forget to also pay […]

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4 Ways an Optimized Warehouse Layout and Design Can Improve Your Bottom Line

4 Ways an Optimized Warehouse Layout and Design Can Improve Your Bottom Line   At the end of the day, your goal as a company is to make a profit from selling your product or service. Every business choice you make is intended to maximize your profit margin in the quickest, cheapest, and most efficient way possible.   Whether through modifying shipping procedures to reduce cost or adjusting the quality of materials to cater to a more high-end consumer, a growing company will typically focus on improving things outside of their immediate control to maximize their revenue. However, as business grows, […]

9 Warehouse Solutions to Maximize Non-Productive Aisles Without Breaking the Bank

Did you know that 23% of logistic costs come from warehouse activities?[0 ] In other words, everything that goes on in your warehouse—from picking techniques to retrieval vehicles and travel times—affects your bottom line. So, when one part of the puzzle is out of place—such as wasted aisle space—your entire operation isn’t running as efficiently as it could be. Instead of suffering the financial fallout from having non-productive aisles or biting the bullet and moving to a larger facility, here’s what you can do to maximize aisle space, improve efficiency, and get your warehouse operations back up and running. Non-Productive Aisles […]

3 Instances When It’s Time to Improve Your Warehouse Layout Optimization

3 Instances When It’s Time to Improve Your Warehouse Layout Optimization

According to Inc., revamping an office environment is more than just a brand new, shiny space; it has boosted company morale.[1] VerticalResponse, an e-mail marketing company, had outgrowth their old facilities, having 90 employees. Because of this growth, the company ended up being split on two separate floors. While you may think this is not a problem, it is anything but. Meetings alone with the company were nearly impossible, according to Inc. and, because of the physical separation, employees were not able to see each other on an everyday basis—even with quarterly company events. This changed when VerticalResponse moved into a […]