Storage Aids.

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

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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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