Challenges facing the material handling industry, especially pallet racking products are similar to those of other industrial sectors: surviving and even thriving during the economic storm. One viable avenue to success has been to incorporate technology solutions that offer immediate answers to current challenges and also promise longerrange possibilities for bottom-line success.
In particular, the latest generation of automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) offers an effective tool for those in warehousing and distribution to achieve greater throughput, reduce errors and damage and gain better control of inventory. These systems are reaching greater heights—literally—allowing companies to expand vertically rather than horizontally, thus reducing or eliminating the expensive proposition of acquiring more real estate.
