Shelving solution helps to halve breakages
A bespoke racking and shelving system created by Link 51 for a windscreen repair and replacement specialist has led to a halving of the number of breakages.
National Windscreens called in the shelving expert to its Bristol warehouse, which was operating at maximum capacity and used an unsuitable storage system of outside storage and tarpaulin covering.
Link 51 saw that the existing storage arrangements had created stock control problems and did not allow staff to operate an efficient logistics system. The haphazard nature of the storage also meant that there was an unacceptable number of breakages.
Simon Baugh, Link 51’s marketing director, describes how the team worked with National Windscreens to design and install an efficient storage and racking system for the newly created 22,000ft2 storage facility that was built to accommodate a mix of crates for a large variety of commercial vehicles and cars.
“Because of the size of the crates, space was needed so that operatives could gain access with a forklift truck to retrieve them,” he explained. “We offered a number of solutions for National Windscreens and drilled down on the specific requirements so we could create a robust solution that would improve efficiencies.”
Because the warehouse operates four reach and two counterbalance trucks, Link 51 installed five aisles of racking to a height of 8.5m, with depths that ranged from 800mm to 1450mm, and fitted open boarded timber decking to all beam levels, which created a shelf that enables operatives to store a range of crate sizes with some flexibility.
