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Product Selection

With a wide range of high density automated storage and retrieval solutions to pick from, what piece of equipment will serve you and your organization best? The best way to tell is to understand what you and your organization really wants from a system… or not.

Try answering these questions to start:

1. What exactly are you storing?
   1. How much of it?
   2. What are the rough dimensions?
2. Where are you going to store and retrieve the material?
   1. What is the physical space available (width, depth and clear height)?
   2. Any floor loading considerations?
   3. What is the approximate cost per square foot in this area?
   4. The free space you will create, what will you do with it? Not move, open a new division, products or services, etc. (this is used for cost justification)
3. Who will be storing and retrieving the items?
   1. How much labor is needed currently?
   2. What does the labor cost (this is used for cost justification)
4. How are items currently stored and retrieved (process)?
   1. How fast and how many items are currently stored and retrieved (hour/per person)
   2. Are there variations in peak demands (define these)
   3. What are the problems or what could be improved in this process?
5. Prioritize in order of importance:
   1. Increased security
   2. improved accuracy
   3. Reduced labor
   4. Floor space savings
   5. Sustainability
   6. Accessibility
   7. Injuries/litigation by workers storing and retrieving
   8. Aesthetics
6. Budget ballpark?
   1. Decision based solely on acquisition cost?
   2. ROI important in making decision?

By understanding some of these basic answers, your local KardexRemstar representative will be able to understand your goals and make the best suggestion to meet you and your organizations needs. Use our contact form to get going today!