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ResinDek® Flooring Explained: A Smarter Alternative to Concrete and Steel Decking

As warehouse operations evolve, so do the demands placed on mezzanine floors and elevated work platforms. Higher throughput, heavier rolling loads, and increased automation mean that traditional flooring materials like steel plate and concrete no longer provide the performance, efficiency, or cost benefits required by modern industrial environments.
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Comparing AS/RS and AGVs: Choosing the Right Automation for Your Warehouse

This article examines the key differences between AS/RS and AGVs, providing valuable insights for warehouse managers, logistics professionals, and supply chain experts looking to enhance operational efficiency.
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How to coordinate engineers, builders and operations in a warehouse fit-out

Warehouse fit-out coordination failures originate in the structural gaps that multi-contract procurement creates between designers, fabricators, installers, certifiers and the client's operations team, not in the competence of any individual party. The coordination model chosen at the outset of the project determines how much of that risk the project manager carries throughout the programme.
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Micro-Fulfilment Centres and ASRS: The Key to Faster Last-Mile Delivery

Speedy order fulfilment and efficient last-mile delivery have quickly become critical differentiators for e-commerce, grocery and retail businesses. With customers coming to expect same-day or next-day deliveries, traditional warehouse strategies often fall short. So how do businesses keep pace with consumers who want everything yesterday? The answer is twofold: micro-fulfilment centres (MFCs) and Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (ASRS). These compact, high-tech hubs bring goods closer to customers and move them faster through the supply chain. When combined, they create efficiency that’s tailor-made for the last mile.
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Flooring Solutions for Self-Storage Facilities: Options, Performance and Long-Term Value

What does the floor of a self-storage facility actually need to do and for how long? For architects, engineers and developers working on multi-level self-storage facilities, the answer carries more commercial weight than most initial specifications acknowledge. Trolleys loaded with dense furniture, appliances and business inventory move across every aisle, every day, in unpredictable patterns. Tenants judge facility quality within seconds of entering a corridor. Compliance obligations under the National Construction Code apply to the mezzanine structure as a whole, including the floor. And the asset will typically operate for 15 to 25 years before any major structural intervention is considered.
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Conveyor Sortation vs. Robotic Sortation: Which System is Best for Your Warehouse?

Thankfully, the days of manually handling parcels in warehouse sortation operations are coming to an end. As automation continues to shake up the logistics sector, businesses are under growing pressure to streamline processes, boost productivity and make the most of all the space within their four walls. The main driver of this shift is automation. Two major players lead the charge: conveyor sortation systems and robotic sortation systems. Both serve the same purpose - that is, sorting products for dispatch. But the way they do it (and the results they deliver) can differ significantly. In this blog, we’ll compare these two warehouse sortation technologies in terms of speed, scalability, cost, space requirements and use cases, helping you determine the right fit for your operations.
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What You Need to Know Before Building a Mezzanine in a Warehouse

Modern warehouses need to change based on business needs and market demands. To keep pace with these shifting requirements, optimising floor space is key to enhancing productivity and, ultimately, driving your bottom line.
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How ecommerce fulfilment centres use mezzanines to separate pick, pack and dispatch

Fulfilment throughput depends on keeping inbound goods, picking activity and outbound orders out of each other's way. When receiving, picking and despatch share a single floor, forklifts, pick trolleys and pallet movements cross paths constantly, and every crossing point slows the operation down. A mezzanine gives operators a way to stack these functions vertically instead, turning a congested single-level warehouse into a facility where each zone runs on its own level with its own traffic pattern.
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