A Guide to Shipping Rack Materials

I’ve talked quite a bit about freight and shipping matters recently and it occurred to me that I should give a shout-out to our talented warehouse leaders, Gregorio and Martin. [...]

September 22nd, 2014|

Freight Audits

What does the auditor’s wife say to her husband when she can’t sleep?  “Tell me about your day.” Yep, auditing is dull and tedious work, but when your freight expenses [...]

September 5th, 2014|

Shipping Tips and Tricks

Along with the knowledge that’s been shared over the last couple of blog posts about making your shipments efficient and cost-effective, here are a handful of things to keep in [...]

August 28th, 2014|

Know Your Truckloads

Carriers classify shipments in three basic ways:  Less-Than-Truckload, Volume (or Partial Truckload), and Truck-Load.  While individual carriers define them slightly differently, below you’ll find the general rules as well as [...]

August 28th, 2014|

Avoiding Freight Charge Surprises

I don’t know about you but everywhere I look these days I’m seeing an increase in shipping charges and news about trucker shortages.  As a result, we here at RMH [...]

August 21st, 2014|

Too Many Beams

Truckloads of Surplus Beams Available Interlake recently had an over-run on some of their 47E beams and when we learned about it, we jumped on it so that our Dealer [...]

August 7th, 2014|

Just Give ‘Em a Sign

I don’t know about you, but very few of the warehouses and distribution centers that I’ve ever been in have implemented load capacity and compliance signage on their rack installations.  [...]

July 30th, 2014|

Ridg-U-Rak Resizes Upright Footplates

I was working on placing a new Ridg-U-Rak stock order last week and ran into a problem where I couldn’t find the shims I ordinarily order. After some investigation, I [...]

July 23rd, 2014|

RMH Systems in the MHEDA Journal

As part of our ongoing celebration of the 20th anniversary of RMH Systems and to help MHEDA celebrate its 60th anniversary, we’ve taken out a full-page ad in the 2014 [...]

July 17th, 2014|

The Countdown Begins

As I mentioned in last week’s blog post, this new edition contains more competitive prices for the most popular and common rack products, including Interlake and Ridg-U-Rak frames and beams [...]

July 8th, 2014|

8 Facts About Pallet Supports

Flanged Crossbar 1.  While manufacturers may draft capacities for their pallet supports, they don’t actually add capacity to the beam level.** 2.  Like wire decking, pallet supports are not designed [...]

June 24th, 2014|

How Fast is “Quick Ship”?

Like you, we pay attention to what’s going on in the industry and we’ve noticed recently that some people have a funny idea of what the word “quick” means. Around [...]

June 18th, 2014|

RMH Wins Ridg-U-Rak Award

We’re proud to announce that our friends and partners at Ridg-U-Rak have awarded RMH Systems their Baker’s Dozen Sales Award for 2013. The Baker’s Dozen Award is given to the [...]

May 15th, 2014|

Our Warehouse is Your Warehouse

As you know, keeping your customers’ eyes on your business requires constant effort and can take many different forms. RMH Systems’ Remote Warehouse Dealer Program helps you market your business, [...]

May 1st, 2014|

Do Uprights Have a Front?

Which Upright Column Should Face the Aisle? Believe it or not, under most circumstances, it’s more of a philosophical question than an engineering one. Unless you’re using  “X” braced or [...]

April 8th, 2014|

Sweat the Small Stuff

Pretty much anytime you’re responsible for solving a problem, the little things make a difference far out of proportion to their cost or size.  When you’re designing a rack system [...]

April 4th, 2014|
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