Getting fulfillment up OFF of the warehouse floor

摘要

With warehouse space selling at a premium and e-commerce sales booming, companies are scrambling to make the best use of their existing footprints. For help, some warehouse managers are looking upward at the unused areas that sit above their machinery, racks, pack stations and employees. When leveraged the right way, this vertical space can become liquid gold for busy DCs and warehouses. Using garments-on-hanger systems, pouch sorters, pocket sorters and other equipment, organizations can make use of overhead space that would otherwise go to waste. Particularly good for storing, buffering, staging and picking lighter items (for example, garments and goods sold through e-commerce), overhead systems provide a space-efficient way to improve efficiency, safety and throughput in the fulfillment center.