For many companies, one of the biggest expenses they face is their inventory overhead. Keeping the cost of their inventory low is vital to having a healthy bottom line. Your supply chain department will do what it can to ensure you are getting quality products at the lowest prices, as well as helping get the inventory to your warehouse for the least amount possible. However, [...]
If you use pallet racks in your warehouse store, you need to look at those racks from the perspective of your customer. Your racks serve a utilitarian purpose in your store--to manage inventory until it is purchased by a customer--but they serve another purpose, too. To your customers, your pallet racks can be an indication of the quality of your store. Customers are paying attention [...]
A selective pallet rack is meant to help keep your warehouse storage organized. If you don’t stay on top of the organization, though, it won’t be too long before chaos reigns. RMH Systems has been selling and manufacturing selective pallet racks for over 20 years, and we can offer a few suggestions about how to keep your warehouse racks organized: Stay up-to-date on inventory. Perform [...]
We’ve written before about the importance of regularly inspecting your pallet rack system. These inspections can help you catch minor issues that could become major problems later on, and prevent the destruction of inventory as well as injuries to both customers and employees. You are legally required to perform these inspections, too, and they are probably a requirement to keep your insurance. So how often [...]
Think you can buy your wholesale racking from just anywhere? Think again. We’ve heard from customers that they once believed buying wholesale racking from one place was as good as purchasing it from any other, but quickly learned their lesson. Eventually, those customers learn that RMH Systems is the premier source for all of their wholesale racking needs. There may be a reason those prices [...]
As the popularity of superheroes has been revived by both TV and movies, it got me thinking about how much I enjoyed comic books as a kid and pretending to have superpowers of my very own. While it was fun pretending to be faster than a speeding bullet or swinging between buildings and punching out the bad guys, like all of [...]
June is National Safety Month and as both the temperature and the economy heat up for summer, we’re taking the time to discuss keeping both you and your employees safe from heat-related illness. While air temperatures above 103° are considered high risk by OSHA, moderate risk starts at just 91°. Along with creating potential heat-related illness for people working at these temperatures, error rates jump, [...]
Many companies are focusing on "going green" in order to reduce their environmental impact. Many warehouses are slow to adopt this environmental consciousness and often the reasons are either because they think it will cost them too much or they simply don't know that greener options are available to them. The RMH Systems team in Chicago offers selective pallet rack systems and other options for [...]
Each warehouse and company that our project managers deal with on a daily basis has different needs. Our project managers get to know your business in order to discover which warehouse material flow system is right for you, creating a system that helps you save space and increase workflow. For warehouses with high SKU traffic, a carton flow rack may be the best solution for [...]
A warehouse can be a dangerous place if the right systems and safety precautions aren't put into place. One of the best things you can do for your employees is to ensure that the equipment they are working with every day is safe, secure, and quality. This can decrease the chances that they'll experience an accident on the job, which can cut back on the [...]
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