Storage Equipment Choice

Storage equipment choice
I hope with this note, you all can understand what is storage equipment choice.

• Storage quipment can be defined as equipment used for holding or buffering materials over a period of time. Some storage equipment may include the transport of materials (e.g., the S/R machines of an AS/RS, or storage carousels). If materials are block stacked directly on the floor, then no storage equipment is required.

• In a way, storage is a temporary halt in materials flowing through a warehouse.

Figure below shows that example of storage equipment:

• Storage aids promote the full space utilization and improve the materials handling efficiency

• The most important storage aids is rack. Usually rack made from wood and metal.

Rack

• Rack also aids in rotating stock as in first-in-first-out inventory control system.

•  Other available storage aids include shelf-boxes, horizontal and vertical dunnage, bins, U-frames.

As u can see below, there are example of available storage 

Bins

Horizontal Dunnage

U-frames

Vertical Dunnage