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Figure 5.21 Pallet flow rack replenishment

the front of a storage lane, the weight of the remaining load automatically advances remaining loads to the rack face. Hence every SKU/lane has a load that is immediately accessible along the aisle. In addition, because all the put-away and retrieval take place at the rack face, there is no need for special lift truck attachments, as was the case with double-deep racks. Advantages over drive-in racks include that there is no need to drive into the rack and there is no vertical honeycombing. Push-back racks are appropriate for medium- to fast-moving SKUs with 3 to 10 pallets on hand (Figures 5.22 and 5.23). Mobile Pallet Racks Mobile pallet racks (Figures 5.24 and 5.25) are essentially single-deep pallet racks on wheels or tracks permitting an entire row of racks to move away from adjacent rows. The underlying principal is that aisles are only justified when they are being used; the rest of the time they are occupying valuable space. Access to a particular storage row is achieved by moving (mechanically or manually) the adjacent row and creating an

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