How to Optimization Pallet Storage and Picking

chapter five RightStore Pallets: Pallet Storage and Handling Systems

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Figure 5.30 Stand-up counterbalance lift truck (Caterpillar,Atlanta, GA)

At the same time, the vehicles are progressively more expensive, and none offers the retrieval/put-away and load/unload flexibility that the counterbal ance truck offers. Hence the incremental space savings and cost must be suf ficient to pay for the incremental vehicle cost and loss of handling flexibility. Narrow-Aisle Vehicles Straddle trucks, straddle reach trucks, and side-loader trucks are classified as narrow-aisle vehicles.

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