Honeycombing.

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axis of the space, and extends in either direction to the

LESS THAN CARLOAD LOTS

nearest aisle. Often two blocks of different kinds of

MOTOR TRUCK SHIPMENTS

supplies are stacked back to back in one of these large

ITEMS WHICH MUST BE SHIPPED IN

center spaces. In cases of extremely large quantities of

ORDER OF AGE

one commodity such as mat tresses, it is possible to fill

SIZE ITEMS

an entire floor area of a section and leave only the

SMALL LOTS

necessary aisles for fire protection and to get to and

move the material. FOR SAFETY REASONS, CARE

-- "What have YOU DONE or what CAN BE DONE to

SHOULD BE TAKEN IN BUILDING BLOCK STACKS

ELIMINATE or REDUCE HONEYCOMBING?"

TO MAKE THEM STABLE AND SELF-- SUPPORT

-- "What CORRECTIVE MEASURES can we take to

ING.

REDUCE HONEYCOMBING?"

(2) When stacking for medium lot storage,

one very efficient manner of stacking items in medium

lots storage is "side to back" storage adjacent to aisles.

PROPER PLANNING

By so doing, we can eliminate in many in stances, the

USE OF SHORT ROWS IN BLOCK AND

need for additional aisles or reduce the rewarehousing

SIZE STACKING

necessary to recapture bulk storage space.

USE OF SHORT ROWS ALONG EDGES OF

(3) One of the greatest problems in stacking

BLOCK STACKS

small lots is the necessity for obtaining accessibility

USE OF RACKS, BINS, BOX PALLETS

without using bulk storage areas or increasing aisle

USE OF SHORT WALL SPACE

requirements. To eliminate this, small lots should be

MINOR REWAREHOUSING-- "Floor CLEAN

stacked in shallow storage space adjacent to warehouse

UP"

walls bordering transportation aisles or side to back with

large storage blocks running parallel with aisles. Box

a. To honeycomb is to store or remove supplies in

pallets, pallet racks, or bin racks are the most

such a way that unusable areas of storage space are

convenient means of stacking this type of supplies in

created within the stack. Bad storage and de livery

order to take full advantage of storage heights and to

methods conceivably could leave a ware house only

maintain quick accessibility to the various odd sizes,

partially occupied, yet with no space available for new

lots, or quantities of supplies stored in this manner.

storage. Preventing honeycombing is one of the most

difficult problems faced by a warehouseman; it can

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occur, almost be fore he/she realizes it, in any

commodity or in any method of stacking. Although

Cause and effect of hone ycombing.

honeycombing can occur even in large blocks of

EXPLAIN

CAUSE

AND

EFFECT

stacked commodities that are shipped in carload lots, its

"HONEYCOMING"

most usual occurrence is in the storing of LESS THAN

-- "One of the BIGGEST SPACE WASTERS IS

CAR LOAD LOTS, MATERIAL RECEIVED BY MOTOR

HONEYCOMBING." (EXPLAIN what is meant by

TRUCKS, ITEMS WHICH MUST BE SHIPPED IN

HONEYCOMBING. ILLUSTRATE by picture or drawing

ORDER OF AGE, SIZED ITEMS IN ROW STACKS,

on the blackboard.)

AND SMALL LOTS. There are certain things that can

-- "By HONEYCOMBING, we mean the LOSS of

be done to REDUCE the amount of honeycombing in a

SPACE caused by storage or PARTIAL SHIPMENT of

warehouse.

lots in a manner that leaves HOLES which CANNOT be

b. The problem of honeycombing emphasizes the

FILLED except with an identical item until the BALANCE

necessity for CAREFUL PLANNING of operations and

of the particular LOT is SHIPPED."

emphasizes the importance of knowing WHAT we are

-- "HONEYCOMBING can occur in ANY TYPE of

going to store, HOW MUCH and WHERE we will store,

STACKING."

as well as HOW we are going to store. We must also

-- "Do you have difficulty with this problem?"

know whether the material will be received or shipped in

-- "What ITEMS or what CONDITIONS cause the

carload lots or whether they must be shipped in order of

biggest 'headache'?"

age. AFTER we know all of these facts, there are

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