Category: Racking & Storage
How Distribution Center Conveyor Systems Help Maximize Order Fulfillment
Find the Best Conveyor System for Your Distribution Center Automation As e-commerce sales continue to grow with consumers staying at home, manufacturing deadlines have become tighter and more demanding, putting extra pressure on production and the overall efficiency of distribution centers. Keep up with customer demands by finding the right distribution center conveyor system for Read more…
How to Reduce Warehouse Costs with Automated Systems
Labor, real estate, and safety are among the largest cost drivers that impact the operational budget of a production facility. Recently, companies have been turning to automation as a way to combat these costs. Here are some ways automation can help cut warehouse costs. LABOR Problems: Unreliable, Unsafe & Cost Inefficient Production processes and manufacturing Read more…
How System Integrators Help eCommerce Companies Grow
By 2021, more than 2.1 billion shoppers are expected to purchase goods and services online1. And by 2023 eCommerce is expected to double in worth to over $6.5 trillion1. For companies with traditional material handling and packaging processes, an increase in demand can cause major headaches and can lead to serious problems in their distribution Read more…
RMH Systems Named Steel Kings Most Valuable Dealer of 2019
Earlier this month, RMH Systems was named Steel King’s Most Valuable Dealer. The award began in 1996 by Steel King as a way to recognize the achievement of top channel partners. The criteria for the Most Valuable Dealer (MVD) selection includes a variety of differing factors, most notably, sales achievement, growth, and marketing action items. Read more…
4 Reasons to Use Vertical Lift Modules
photo courtesy of KardexRemstar (https://www.kardex-remstar.com/) With the wave of automation taking over the manufacturing industry, it’s about time racking and storage became automated too. VLM’s or Vertical Lift Modules are automated racking solutions that can provide a host of benefits to any company. Here are the top four benefits Vertical Lift Modules can offer: Read more…
Creating a wall from pallet rack
Pallet Rack Supported Demising Wall Our customer had a large warehouse area utilized as a workout area and basketball court. As business grew, they needed more space for product storage, and this space was the perfect spot to expand. They wanted to keep the basketball court, but needed a way to separate the two areas. Read more…
RMH Systems Wins Most Valuable Dealer Award
Stevens Point, WI (March 2014) – Steel King Industries Inc., the industry’s leader in providing quality material handling solutions, announces RMH Systems of Waukee, IA, as the winner of the 2013 Steel King Most Valuable Dealer (MVD) Award. As Steel King’s 2013 Most Valuable Dealer, Steel King’s President Jay Anderson had this to say on Read more…
6 Steps to Help Prevent Pallet Rack Collapses
We have all seen the spectacular (sometimes humorous), but often horrifying videos of rack collapses. They’re all over YouTube. Below are six steps to look for to help prevent pallet rack collapses. Check pallet spacing. Don’t place pallets too close together; this causes issues with lift truck access and makes a collapse more likely. Pallets should Read more…
How We Optimized Pallet Flow & Pushback Rack Storage at a General Mills Facility
General Mills’ Cedar Rapids, Iowa plant had successfully used pallet flow and pushback rack systems, but ongoing growth, product changes and long use required a storage system update that would safely add capacity to their existing facility. As one of the world’s largest food companies, with global net sales of $17.8 billion in fiscal year Read more…