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Ergonomic Lift Tables Give Your Team a Boost
Let Your Lift Tables Do the Bending for You! If results from a recent industry study teach us anything, it’s that worker safety directly correlates to job satisfaction –and retention. 75% of workers cited physical strain from walking, lifting, and carrying items as “taking a toll” on them, and 74% noted they’d take a job…
A Hands-On Approach to Warehouse Solutions Is How WOI’s Chris Griffeth Gets the Job Done
Designing and installing effective warehouse solutions isn’t easy, and we acknowledge that our customers have their choice of vendors. What we don’t accept is that anyone does it better than WOI. Look at how our commitment to Total Satisfaction is a game-changer and undergirds all we do with Sales Representative Chris Griffeth. Chris is not…
Warehouse Safety – An Up, Down, and All-Around Approach
Celebrating National Safety Month with a Close Look at Warehouse Safety Warehouse safety should be a daily priority to protect your operation from unnecessary downtime, equipment damage, worker injury, and fines. It also helps you keep productive, trained workers on your team, which in this labor market is a high-value target. National Safety Month is…
Bolted Pallet Racking Benefits Start with Shorter Lead Times
Durable Pallet Racking Where & When You Need It If a strong, safe, durable pallet racking system is the goal, the challenge is finding the least costly way to get there. As it turns out, the manufacturing process, specifically the upright design –bolted or welded– is a major contributing factor. Bolted or welded refers to…
The Question Isn’t “Why” Wire Security Cages; It’s “Why Not”
Wire Security Cages Offer Cost-Effective Warehouse Protections What stands between you and your high-value content –whether that is costly tools, equipment, inventory, or even personnel? If the answer is, “Well, not much,” you are missing out on the opportunity to reign in theft losses, improve warehouse safety, and protect your bottom line. Consider adding wire…
Drive-In Pallet Rack Takes High-Density Storage to a New Level
Drive-In Rack — Expand or Extend to Increase Capacity? Drive-in pallet rack is one of the most high-density pallet rack storage systems. It features a super compact design that optimizes vertical cube space to provide high-capacity storage while requiring only a single aisle for access. With the unique design, forklift operators drive into the system…
Modular Cool Down Rooms Put the Summer Heat on Ice
Economical Protection Against Heat-Related Injuries – Modular Cool Down Rooms The old saying goes, “If you can’t take the heat, stay out of the kitchen,” but what if you work in a kitchen? Workers exposed to high temperatures, high humidity, radiant heat sources, and hot objects are exposed to extreme heat. It’s incumbent upon you…
WOI Answers Your Pallet Conveyor System Design Questions
Tips for Using Powered or Gravity Pallet Conveyor Systems What do you do when you have a high volume of pallet loads moving in, around, or out of your facility? You create the most cost-effective paths to transport them. Forklifts and pallet jacks can get them where they need to go, but that can be…
Flexible Conveyors – There When You Need, Not When You Don’t
Versatility and Productivity Are Around the Bend with Flexible Conveyors Reaction time in a high-volume manufacturing facility or distribution center can mean the difference between satisfying customer demand and not. You need the right tools to ensure your customers keep coming back. Flexible conveyors are a super-efficient way to streamline labor-intensive processes and reduce reliance…
Wire Decking – Can Something So Effective Be So Simple?
Wire Decking – Plugging the Holes in Pallet Rack Protection Standard pallet racking is durable and efficient with as few bells and whistles as possible –i.e., uprights, beams, pallet supports, and done. The paired-down approach keeps costs down while still providing a practical storage solution. However, one simple addition can provide significant benefit and is…
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