Rack Heights for Broken-Case Picking With Forklifts

Broken-case picking is one of the most common operational links in small and medium-sized e-commerce, retail spare parts and fast-moving consumer goods warehouses, and the reasonable setting of rack heights directly affects the overall operation efficiency and safety of forklift operators. Many warehouse operators tend to blindly pursue high space utilization in the initial planning stage, ignoring the actual load limit of forklifts and the safe operation field of view of operators, which leads to higher picking error rate and increased operational safety risks in later stage. When matching forklift models for different rack height levels, you should first verify the maximum lifting height of the equipment and the residual load at the corresponding height, rather than unilaterally increasing the rack height to pursue more storage positions. For small and medium-sized warehouses that focus on broken-case picking within 12 meters of rack height, the proper configuration of BYD Forklift can effectively balance the flexibility of picking operation and the carrying stability, reducing extra operation energy consumption caused by frequent lifting and lowering. During the whole planning process, you also need to reserve sufficient safety distance between the top of the goods on the highest layer of the rack and the lowest point of the warehouse roof, to avoid collision risks caused by equipment operation errors or goods placement deviation. Jianshu New Energy has accumulated a lot of practical experience in matching rack height schemes for broken-case picking scenarios across different industries, providing targeted adjustment suggestions for warehouses of different operation scales. You can also adjust the rack height gradient according to the SKU turnover rate, place the fast-moving SKUs on the middle layer that is easy for forklift operators to access, and place the slow-moving SKUs on the higher or lower layer, which can further shorten the operation cycle of each broken-case picking task. All relevant adjustment schemes should be verified on the premise of complying with local warehouse safety operation specifications, and no adjustments that exceed the rated operation parameters of the forklift are allowed, so as to ensure the long-term stable and safe operation of the whole warehouse. If you have related demands for scheme consultation and equipment configuration, you can send an email to 17399989919@163.com for further communication.