50 | Sector Focus: Handling & Storage
SUMMARY
■The racking and fork truck purchasing should be co-ordinated
■Traffic management planning is essential
■Effective drainage must be taken into consideration
■It is recommended that cantilever racking only be bought from an SEMA Distributor Group
THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
Mike Gorman, sales director of East Yorkshire racking specialist Filstorage, looks at the scientific approach to timber yard design and how this can benefit merchants
Traditionally, there are two approaches to creating a new timber yard. One is the scientific approach, starting with your stock and working outwards to create an efficient, well designed and user friendly environment. The other is a little more haphazard – putting stock wherever it fits and leaving it there because once the merchant gets busier, retro- engineering a well laid out yard becomes too time consuming and disruptive. When planning a new timber yard, the temptation can be to take the second approach to save time and cost. But that can store up problems for the future. No matter how much space you have available, once racking and timber starts arriving it soon evaporates, and that’s when the lack of planning will really start to show. But there is no need for this situation to develop. In other industries, particularly large retail operations, the science of merchandising rules, and this can be applied to a timber yard as effectively as it can a supermarket or car showroom. By taking a scientific approach, provision can be made for all aspects of the yard including vehicle and human access and movement, new product lines and future growth. By putting the work in at the planning stage, you’ll reap the dividends for years to come.
So, what factors need to be considered when planning an efficient, user friendly timber yard?
FORK TRUCK Above: Mike Gorman is sales director at Filstorage TTJ | November/December 2022 |
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Ideally the racking and fork truck purchasing should be co-ordinated. The main reasons for this are to ensure that the racking is no higher
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