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TM 38-400/NAVSUP PUB 572/AFMAN 23-210 MCO 4450.14/DLAM 4145.12
-- DISCUSS each of these STORAGE AIDS in order
certain precautions to take in stacking and storing to
and ILLUSTRATE.
reduce the amount of honeycombing in the ware house.
-- ASK the group to give EXAMPLES of where they are
Minor rewarehousing or "floor cleanup" of short lots,
used in their own warehouse and get suggestions for
which have caused honeycombing due to shipping out
improvements, if possible.
of large blocks, should be considered.  These items
should be moved to short lot areas if receiving of similar
(1) Regardless of the quantity of supplies to
items is not expected in the immediate future.
be stored, there are certain "tricks of the trade" which we
must know and use if we are to stabilize our stacks
c. In the discussion of LAYOUT, we mentioned
properly and facilitate handling.
that by experience we determined that, as a general
rule, we should limit the depth of our rows to between 25
(2) Such things as "cross-stacking," dunnage
and 40 feet.
This means that under ordinary
binders, bulkheads, and the most used storage aid-
circumstances, a shipment will cause the removal of
pallets-must be understood from the stand point of both
one, two, or three rows, and leave space for a similar
meaning and purpose.
amount of new material to be stored in the same
b. Cross-stacking.
location.  In cases where we know that exceptionally
-- "What is meant by "CROSS-STACKING?"
small shipments of a certain commodity are made, it is
-- "What ADVANTAGE is to be gained by CROSS
sometimes advantageous to shorten the rows further.
STACKING material on a pallet?
d. Another method that can be used in the case of
short lots is to store such items along the edges of a
STABILITY
large block stack, facing at right angles to the block
stack, and also facing a transportation aisle. The depth
-- "What OTHER MEANS can be used to obtain
of these rows depends, of course, upon the amount of
STABILITY in addition to, or instead of, CROSS
the commodity and may vary from one to three
STACKING?"
containers or loads.
e. In stacking material along the edges of block
stacks, the use of storage aids further reduces the
DUNNAGE
chance for honeycombing and also conserves space, in
BINDERS
that it is possible to stack higher and thereby reduce the
square footage. In other words, it eliminates having to
(1) By cross-stacking, we mean alternating
spread material all over the floor and takes advantage
the direction of placing cartons or containers in a stack
of cubage.
in order to "tie" them together. The method of cross
f. In many warehouses, there are numerous short
stacking varies with the size, shape, and crushability of
wall spaces which can be used for the storing of odd
the various items. Care must be taken to cross-stack in
lots. This, of course, prevents wasting valuable square
a uniform manner so that inventory can be easily taken.
footage and cubage in the large center bays.
Also, care must be taken in cross-stacking to effect as
7-27. Storage Aids.
little loss of space as possible; this calls once more for
a. Types and uses of storage aids.
careful PLANNING-it must NOT be done haphazardly.
DISCUSS TYPES AND USES OF STORAGE
Thousands of valuable cubic feet can be lost in a
AIDS
warehouse by poor cross-stacking; this is particularly
-- "There are NUMEROUS WAYS of STABILIZING
true in cross-stacking loads on pallets.
STACKS-- they might be called 'tricks of the trade':"
(2) Although the primary purpose of cross
-- "They are such things as:
stacking is stability, poor cross-stacking can cause
CROSS-- STACKING
serious INSTABILITY. In stacking pallet loads, the effort
DUNNAGE
to assure stability often causes excessive waste of
BINDERS
space. Both factors must be carefully weighed before a
PALLETS/PALLET SUPPORT SETS/BOX
standard practice is set up. Sometimes it pays to use
PALLETS."
other ways to get the de sired stability.
-- "We should understand HOW, WHEN and WHERE to
c. Dunnage (general).
use them."
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