DCM T02

Soh Ling Yu Alie, Tan Hui Min, Tan Kok Teng & Tan Lee Leng ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our group has researched on Storage Systems of Distribution Centre Management and came up with this Instructional Blog. We have incorporated all our findings of Storage Systems and also posting of our group answer to the question from our facilitator.

Thursday, January 10, 2008

Palletised Storage: Powered Mobile Storage

The Powered Mobile Storage system makes storage more accessible. Easy hands free, one-touch system starts and stops carriage movement. Automatically activated infrared safety systems do not require special training. Space for only one aisle is needed for fork trucks access, and the racks are moved to open up an aisle as required for access to specific pallet locations. The layout usually consists of a number of mobile sections working between fixed end racks. Moreover, control of movement is important to reduce queuing if a number of fork trucks are working at the racking at the same time.

The advantage of Powered Mobile Storage system are:

  • 100% greater storage capacity or 50% space reduction;
  • Specific system configuration can be provided to meet customers' needs;
  • Good space utilisation;
  • Random access to every pallet; and
  • Suitable for stock, which does not move very fast - where the number of line items is high but frequency of accessions per line is low.
The disadvantages of Powered Mobile Storage system are:
  • Expensive to implement; and
  • Floor loadings are high, probably requiring reinforcement.

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