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How errors in pallet space calculations steal your profits
You have built the perfect warehouse: neat rows of racks, efficient logistics, and detailed loading schedules. But suddenly you notice that the warehouse is becoming cramped: pallets take up more space than expected, aisles are cluttered, and there seems to be no free space. Most likely, the problem is not a lack of space, but errors in calculating pallet spaces. These errors are invisible, but they are the ones that are ‘stealing’ your square metres, and with them, your money. How can you avoid this? Find out in the new publication on the LLC «FabriQuanta» website.
What is a pallet space and why should it be counted?
A pallet space is a single location in a warehouse where a pallet with goods (a pallet with boxes) can be placed. The pallet can be placed on the floor or on a rack. At first glance, everything seems simple, but this is where mistakes are often made. It is one thing to calculate how many pallets can physically fit in a warehouse. It is quite another to understand how many pallets can actually be placed so that it is convenient to move around the warehouse, pick up and stack goods, and so that everything fits in terms of size.
Calculating pallet spaces is not just a matter of multiplying the length and width of the warehouse and dividing by the size of the pallet. There are many details to consider: height, type of racks, aisles for equipment, manoeuvring area, weight restrictions. Incorrect calculations can cost you hundreds of pallet spaces. And this directly affects warehouse turnover.
A pallet space is a single location in a warehouse where a pallet with goods (a pallet with boxes) can be placed. The pallet can be placed on the floor or on a rack. At first glance, everything seems simple, but this is where mistakes are often made. It is one thing to calculate how many pallets can physically fit in a warehouse. It is quite another to understand how many pallets can actually be placed so that it is convenient to move around the warehouse, pick up and stack goods, and so that everything fits in terms of size.
Calculating pallet spaces is not just a matter of multiplying the length and width of the warehouse and dividing by the size of the pallet. There are many details to consider: height, type of racks, aisles for equipment, manoeuvring area, weight restrictions. Incorrect calculations can cost you hundreds of pallet spaces. And this directly affects warehouse turnover.
Where mistakes are most often made
On paper, everything may seem perfect: a warehouse can hold, say, a thousand pallets. But in practice, some space is lost due to aisles between racks, fire exits, or other mandatory areas where pallets cannot be placed. As a result, instead of 1,000, only 900-920 spaces are actually used. These ‘lost’ spaces directly affect warehouse capacity and revenue.
The second mistake is to ignore technological aisles. When designing a warehouse, people try to ‘squeeze in’ as many spaces as possible. As a result, the forklift cannot pass, manoeuvre, or load the upper tiers. Part of the area turns into dead ends where nothing can be placed. Formally, it exists, but it cannot be used.
On paper, everything may seem perfect: a warehouse can hold, say, a thousand pallets. But in practice, some space is lost due to aisles between racks, fire exits, or other mandatory areas where pallets cannot be placed. As a result, instead of 1,000, only 900-920 spaces are actually used. These ‘lost’ spaces directly affect warehouse capacity and revenue.
The second mistake is to ignore technological aisles. When designing a warehouse, people try to ‘squeeze in’ as many spaces as possible. As a result, the forklift cannot pass, manoeuvre, or load the upper tiers. Part of the area turns into dead ends where nothing can be placed. Formally, it exists, but it cannot be used.
How technology saves square metres
Counting pallet spaces ‘by eye’ is like keeping accounts in a notebook. There are modern systems that do this accurately, quickly and with all the nuances taken into account. For example, WMS systems and 3D warehouse models allow you to calculate every space down to the millimetre. They take into account the type of pallet, the height of the racking and even the trajectory of the forklift.
Using digital models, you can see where metres are being lost: an aisle that is too wide, extra space for a stacker, an unused corner. Correct these shortcomings and you will find additional pallet spaces that you did not notice before, advise the specialists at LLC «FabriQuanta».
Accurate calculation of pallet spaces is a tool for making a profit. Every incorrectly calculated metre is goods that did not fit and therefore were not sold. The warehouse becomes small and inconvenient, which directly affects your profits.
Counting pallet spaces ‘by eye’ is like keeping accounts in a notebook. There are modern systems that do this accurately, quickly and with all the nuances taken into account. For example, WMS systems and 3D warehouse models allow you to calculate every space down to the millimetre. They take into account the type of pallet, the height of the racking and even the trajectory of the forklift.
Using digital models, you can see where metres are being lost: an aisle that is too wide, extra space for a stacker, an unused corner. Correct these shortcomings and you will find additional pallet spaces that you did not notice before, advise the specialists at LLC «FabriQuanta».
Accurate calculation of pallet spaces is a tool for making a profit. Every incorrectly calculated metre is goods that did not fit and therefore were not sold. The warehouse becomes small and inconvenient, which directly affects your profits.
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