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The following is a Q&A discussion with Dorothy Principe, President of Universal Tool & Manufacturing. The challenges faced by UTM may be similar to the challenges you are currently facing. Read on to find out how UTM solved her space and efficiency issues. […]

The Method of Retrieval is the last major factor to consider the warehouse layout and design of your storage system. If there is a lot of unused vertical space in your warehouse you should consider the cost of going up instead of out. This space is free compared to the cost of new building construction or leasing more space. The type of lift equipment you have can make a significant difference in your floor layout and use of vertical space. When surveying the area to determine the need, you need to take the following into consideration: 1. Do you own or [...]

There are a number of things you can do to maximize the use of your warehouse layout and design, and increase the profitability of your operations. When you are surveying the area to determine the best layout, you need to take a number of things into consideration. First and foremost, ideally you want to position all the rows of rack in the same direction. Doing this helps compensate for the 5 percent of aisle space you lose with cross aisles. You should also be sure to design the rack system around the building and not the lift equipment because the racks [...]

There are a number of ways that product size and weight affects your space requirements. Whether your storage is in boxes and plastic totes or gaylords and pallets, all determine your layout and space requirements. How you operate your facility - a pallet in/pallet out, pallet in/case out, or case in/case out facility - can affect how your warehouse is set-up top optimize your efficiency. All of these factors are critical in determining beam width and height and are used by Specialized Storage Solutions to design the right solution for your needs. In order to prevent product damage there should be [...]

There is a difference between buying a product, or finding a solution that helps you achieve strategic goals. Great companies are focused on results of achieving their strategic goals - not on buying a product. That's why Specialized Storage Solutions isn't focused on selling you a product - instead, our clients consider us a partner that helps provide the right solutions to help them achieve their strategic objectives. We are all about providing the results you are looking for - not just providing a product. Below are some of the results that are achieved when focusing on client's strategic objectives versus [...]

It's April and that means tax time. We, like many businesses, always are looking for ways to minimize our tax burden and improve our company. That's why this is such an important conversation. When most businesses begin to need more space, they think of additions or expansions. However, the tax ramifications of permanent construction is generally depreciated over 39 years. Conventional construction, by its nature, becomes a permanent structural addition to a building, and thus it is classified as “real property” with the longer 39-year depreciable life. This draws out any major investment benefit by companies a lot longer than it [...]

The expansion of the Panama Canal and the raising of the Bayonne Bridge in the NY Metro area will have a great impact on the overall economy and the ever changing e-commerce landscape. Larger container ships will be transporting more goods in and out of the Tri-state area which will affect many of our area businesses. Are you ready, willing, and able to compete in the new e-commerce age? With this new shift going on there will need to be more space utilization. many of our customers are asking this exact question - "Should I stay or should I move?". This [...]

All too often we go into a company to discuss their needs and after originally installing their warehouse racking systems, they think everything is done. They don't focus on maintenance or review of potential safety issues. But we see these issues - current and potential issues. Warehouse safety is a top priority for us and although it is said by many companies to be so, many companies might not understand potential safety issues with their current warehouse systems. Warehouse safety issues directly affects companies bottom lines. Here are some of the things that happen when there are issues with safety in [...]

The definition of a clean room is a controlled environment where products are manufactured. Clean rooms are commonly found in pharmaceutical, micro-electronic, and any lab sensitive environment although we clean rooms have also been used for industries ranging from food processing to paint finishing.. Clean rooms by their nature are modular rooms specifically built to help keep pollutants and other contaminants out that are caused by people, process, facilities, and equipment. Not everyone has the right understanding of the sensitive nature of the industries clean rooms require, or equipment to meet the stringent requirements of the company. That's where the knowledge [...]

Continuing on our last post with space being a profit driver, we continue with talking about efficiency and productivity being a profit driver. Considering that our core business is about creating space, maximizing efficiency, and increasing profitability - we know that taking care of the first two items help make possible the third. Efficiency is more obvious as a profit driver than space, yet we find many businesses still struggle to find the right solutions to create the most productive workflow. We work with many auto dealerships throughout the Northeast so consider this for a minute - every wasted minute of [...]