WHAT SIZE WAREHOUSE DO YOU REALLY NEED? IT COULD BE SMALLER THAN YOU THINK. Rental rates in Greater Montreal continue to rise. Every square foot has a dollar value. Which means that every pallet position has a price tag. What if you could decrease your square floor area needs by 20%? New racking [...]

HOW A VNA SYSTEM CAN FIT MORE PALLETS INTO YOUR WAREHOUSE Warehouse aisles in a standard warehouse rack configuration are usually 10’ wide. In a VNA or Very Narrow Aisle system, the aisles are 6’ to 6’5” wide. It’s easy to see that the space saved by the narrower aisles [...]

Pallet racking is generally designed around a standard pallet which is 40” wide by 48” deep. But what about storage systems for the big and the awkward? Oversized items that don’t fit onto standard pallets can take up large amounts of valuable floor space. You know the stuff [...]

At first glance – yes. You could: Put a production office up there to clear the decks for some much-needed warehouse racking. Or how about a lofty conference room area with a bird’s eye view of the shop floor? Increase picking capacity for small parts and e-commerce. Set up [...]

3PLs exist to speed things up for other businesses. That’s why effective supply chain management companies can’t and don’t allow for down time. When decisions get made about fulfilment centre upgrades, or new warehouse racking fitouts – we’re ready to jump. In fact, we’ve [...]

Looking for bargain basement prices on second-hand racking? It’s the cheap, economical way to go, isn’t it? Umm… Not really. Cheap yes. Economical – No. Cut-rate, pre-owned racking isn’t always the cost-effective way forward, and can in fact cost you a lot more [...]

Distribution centres, fulfillment centres plus private and public warehouses are all key factors in supply chain management. Simply put, all warehousing includes: Inbound logistics Storage of goods Outbound logistics So what makes puts one warehousing operation [...]

You’ve hit a speedbump. Business is revving up nicely in Canada, but your warehouse or distribution centre can’t keep up with the demand. Should you expand into a bigger warehouse? Possibly. Will space be easy to find? Probably not. Industrial space is in short supply. See why industrial [...]

Inspections might feel like a nuisance. But they sure beat the trauma of an accident. Insecure, damaged, unmaintained pallet racking can cause deaths, injuries and lost work hours. Daily, as well as scheduled inspections keep your operation on track – and catch problems before they catch you. [...]

DID YOU KNOW? In Ontario 2018, 76 people died from work injuries. That’s 76 too many. On top of that there were 78,504 lost-time injuries. In Canada, 1,027 workers died due to work related causes in 2018. A warehouse is so much more than rows of racking stuffed with goods. Think [...]