Flexi's relocation service promises savings

Flexi Warehouse Systems, the warehouse planning and design consultancy services division of intralogistics solutions specialist, Narrow Aisle Ltd, is promoting its Adjustable Pallet Racking (APR) and sprinkler systems as a cost-effective way of transforming warehouses and distribution centres.

Traditionally, moving racking runs has been a labour-intensive process that, in most cases, involves the dismantling and rebuilding of the existing racking system, often resulting in material damage and project delays.

Flexi's system claims to reduce the time wasted relocating pallet racks, minimising downtime and reducing the nett cost by over 50% compared to traditional methods.

The system allows racking runs to be quickly and safely transported to the required location within the store where, once the structure has been positioned and secured to the floor, it is immediately ready to be restocked.

Flexi Warehouse Systems provides a guaranteed fixed price, timescale and detailed project plan for each relocation scheme it undertakes.

"Remodelling racking systems to make more space-efficient use of a building's storage cube has, in the past, been an expensive process that often involves on-site disruption and lengthy periods of downtime," says John Maguire, commercial director of Flexi Warehouse Systems.

"As a result, a lot of companies retain inefficient storage cubes long after their business has outgrown them because they are intimidated by the cost and upheaval that they believe adapting the system will bring. But with our low fixed-cost racking reconfiguration service the finance and downtime barriers are removed."

He points out that simply changing the racking footprint and employing more space-efficient materials handling systems can ensure that a building's storage capacity is maximised, noting that reducing aisles from 3 m to 2 m wide can increase storage capacity by 25%.

In addition to racking relocation planning, Flexi Warehouse Systems also offers a range of funding packages to finance both racking expansion projects and the necessary upgrades to a company's materials handling equipment.