Horizontal carousels can help make this a reality. Computerized horizontal storage systems supplement your workers\’ efforts, improving operations, and often allowing for more efficient use of space as well.

Here are just a few ways horizontal carousels improve warehouse operations.

4 Major Benefits of Installing Horizontal Carousels

1 – Rapid item delivery

Carousels are computer-controlled and designed to deliver item picks in an expedited fashion. There\’s no need for your workforce to go searching among shelves, climbing up and down ladders. They simply input a code or scan a barcode, and the carousel delivers it directly to them a few moments later.

A single worker with a set of carousels can do the work of several people in a traditional warehouse.

2 – Better use of space

When your carousels are doing the hard work of finding and retrieving items, you have far less need for heavy machinery such as forklifts and cherry-pickers. This allows you to pack more items into the space you have. They aren\’t as space-efficient as some other automation options, such as vertical carousels, but they can still reclaim a lot of floor space.

3 – Accurate item picks.

Computerized item picking systems are accurate at rates of 99.9% or higher – can you say the same of your human workers? It is extremely difficult for a horizontal carousel to grab the wrong item, especially when most systems are responsible for storing that item in the first place. It \”remembers\” where it put each item, every time. This makes it difficult for mistakes to ever happen, without some form of human intervention.

4 – Greater worker safety

Warehouses are dangerous places to work – but why should that remain true when technology investments can make them far safer? When robotics applications handle the work of finding, retrieving, and moving items around, there are far fewer opportunities for your human workers to get hurt.

Material Flow Tech Has the Automated Storage Solutions You Need!

Material Flow Technologies specializes in helping warehouse-style operations improve efficiency, speed, and performance using state-of-the-art automation systems. We can create custom solutions from horizontal carousels, vertical lift modules, and more. Contact us to learn how we can optimize your operation!

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These are just a few of the ways that horizontal carousels can greatly increase overall efficiency and productivity in product storage and picking.

Four Big Benefits of Adopting Horizontal Carousels

* Expand storage capacity without physical expansion
Horizontal carousels require far less space, per product, than traditional shelving. The addition of carousels can therefore greatly increase your overall capacity – potentially improving overall storage by 50% or more. For operations where storage space is growing tight, these can free up plenty of floor space and relieve the pressure.

* Greatly improve picking efficiency
These carousels are entirely computer-controlled. The worker inputs a code or scans a barcode, and the carousel automatically rotates around to present the stock. This is far faster than having workers manually search for stock on shelves, as well as being much less prone to mistakes. You can greatly speed up your picking with carousels.

* Protect your products
Products lying around on shelves are always going to be vulnerable to loss, as well as damage from accidental physical impact. Carousels are a solution here as well. By keeping most products inside an enclosure, any sort of theft becomes far more difficult. Some models even use vending machine style dispensing slots, to prevent workers from accessing any product but the one being requested. Plus, requests, of course, are tracked and documented.

* Reduce health and safety concerns
When you have fewer workers climbing around on ladders, or making use of cherry pickers, you also have far fewer safety concerns! You\’ll see fewer accidents and workman\’s comp filings. You might even be able to lower your insurance premiums by making your workspace safer.

Horizontal Carousels Quickly Pay for Themselves!

The bottom line is that carousels show an excellent ROI in a short amount of time, thanks to the numerous across-the-board improvements they bring. Your warehouse can be a smoothly-running profit machine, rather than a bottleneck. Contact Material Flow Technologies for a full consultation on our automated storage solutions!

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