Racking Solution For Storage In Bakery

Space constrain is a major problem for bakery manufacturers . You need space for  raw material , packaging material  and finished goods along with parts storage systems  engineering goods and work shop floor .

Storage space is required for

Raw material  
Packaging material
Plastic and wooden pallets
Work in Progress material
Finished Goods
Engineering  Spares
Rejected packed products
Workshop or maintenance working area

With limited space one can optimise by introducing racking storage in their factory or ware house . Racking system uses vertical spaces rather than horizontal span hence reducing the space requirement . Goods can be stacked  on pallets  and the same can be stored or kept on these racks reducing the loading and unloading time .

Racking system can be designed  keeping in the view the height and width of the available area  and  can be designed to store products stacked on pallets .  we can design the racking cell keep the view the pallet dimensions .

Racks   are formed into  rows and columns  are  calculated in basis of  row x columns such as 6x4 , 8x4  etc  depending on the space available .

Another advantage is the dismantling and erection of these racks . These could be easily  dismantled and erected in short time  as these are made up with frames and  use fastener for installation .So any expansion can be done without any major cost .

Its highly suggested that bakery manufacturers  to go for racking systems to optimise their space . Using Forklift the materials can be stored upto 4- 5 meter  height .

Low Cost Strategies For Bakery Manufacturers

With cost spiralling upwards for most of the components  Options for bakery manufacturers are listed below  for reducing cost of production and  increase the profitability of bakery unit


Raw material availability

To start or move to area where  raw materials like Flour , Sugar and Fat  are available at low rates or areas where these material are processed in abundance.



Labour Cost

Putting or running plants  away from metros  or suburbans areas can reduce the overheads cost as living costs in  these  areas  are very low . Governments  have setup industrial zones in such areas  to help local populations with jobs and help in  industrialization of that areas sops like tax and duty exemptions are also given to the investors.



Fuel  Availability

Check  out  for areas where one can source fuel  at lower rates  for fuel such as Lpg , Ldo , Rfo  or CNG .With proper source of  electricity .


Logistics Infrastructure

Area  to be well connected with rail and road network as to  get raw material easily and transship finished good in shorter time .


Market proximity

Not to ignore the market proximity near by as it would reduce the  logistic cost of transportation and distribution channels .


Competition

Areas where  there are fewer competitors or no competitors can enhance the sales and in turn increase the profitability