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Stop Deferring Pallet Rack Repairs: An Evidence‑Based Brief for Operations Leaders
Guest blog by MHI member Damotech When budgets tighten, rack repairs often get postponed until a “minor” upright bend becomes a significant outage. In warehouse operations, later can be too late. Safety and uptime rise and fall together, and every […]
Optimizing Mixed-SKU Pallet Preparation
A Comparative Analysis of Semi-Automatic and Robotic Solutions Guest blog by MHI Member NuMove Robotics & Vision In the competitive landscape of distribution, the efficiency of order pallet preparation plays a pivotal role in maintaining operational effectiveness. Various approaches to […]
LIFT: Elevating the Supply Chain Industry
Article from MHI Solutions Magazine The Next Gen scissors lift: company members of MHI’s Lift Manufacturers Product Group (LIFT) are revolutionizing scissors lift equipment with integration, automation and customization. LIFT company members are the industry’s leading suppliers of industrial scissors […]
Why Pallets Are Important For Pushback System Safety
by MHI Industry Group, RMI (Rack Manufacturing Institute) Last-in/first-out (LIFO) pushback racking systems (like the vast majority of industrial steel storage rack systems) are designed for use with specific pallet types, loads and rack configurations. For that reason, it is […]
Why Pallet Flow Systems Are Designed For Specific Pallets And Loads
by MHI Industry Group, RMI (Rack Manufacturing Institute) The vast majority of industrial steel storage rack systems—including pallet flow (or “gravity flow”) rack—are engineered specifically for a single storage purpose. Likewise, when designing a high-density pallet flow system, there are […]
Why Does Pallet Rack Need To Be Straight And Plumb?
By MHI Industry Group, RMI (Rack Manufactures Institute) A pallet rack column that is leaning (out-of-plumb) or bowed (out-of-straight) beyond a certain point will have a significantly reduced capacity, making it unsafe and at risk of collapse. RMI defines the severity […]