When you’re on a roll at work, you don’t want to lose your momentum researching storage solutions. Yet finding the right storage for your needs can be challenging, not to mention time-consuming. Drawing on Patterson Pope’s experience with track shelving across several industries, we’ve put together this checklist of six signs rolling track shelving could be the solution you're seeking.
Here a SKU, there a SKU! When you have large varieties of inventory that you need to locate easily at any given moment, track shelving can corral it all.
Take the Cato Corporation, which operates more than 1,200 apparel stores in 31+ states. Their headquarters needed maximized retail storage space for everything from shirts to skirts, leggings to little black dresses. Powered, high density track shelving with hanging rods and modular shelves decreased the necessary square footage and enabled frequent employee access to samples.
Rolling track shelving also simplified processes at Bath and Body Works, which needs to move millions of soaps, candles and the like on a seasonal basis. We customized the mobile shelving to the unique sizes and shapes of products to keep inventory organized and easily retrieved.
#2 Handling rare, valuable or high-security items
Patterson Pope’s expertise extends to protecting valuable works of art and archival documents. Our mobile art racks transformed a University of Central Florida art gallery’s vault into an organized, functional and educational place to preserve rare collection items.
Whether its art or archived items, we maximize space while protecting the materials. Our rolling track systems offer flexibility to accommodate changing needs while providing a safe, comfortable work environment for museum or gallery staff, researchers and archivists.
Working with government buildings, city and county agencies, courthouses and state and federal agencies, Patterson Pope can also engineer an effective and secure solution no matter the size or shape of the space. If you’re handling high-security documents or items, you need to ensure access is both controlled and convenient.
#3 Store a variety of different-sized stuff
Have heavy stuff? Oddly shaped stuff? Small stuff? Tall stuff? Dr. Seuss might write a rhyme about it, but our experts will instead find a way to store it effectively.
No two projects are the same for Patterson Pope. From file storage to heavy-duty industrial, we can store it. We’ve helped facilities managers in Orlando, Florida, create their own “magic kingdom” of storage spaces. We’ve scored storage successes for music libraries around the country. We’ve systemized football equipment rooms for grab-and-go convenience and added branding to uniform lockers to help motivate the team. Ultimately, there’s a track shelving solution for whatever you have in mind.
#4 Storage needs are growing
When your company or organization is growing, you’ll have more stuff to store. You don’t always get more space though. Rolling track shelving helps you maximize your footprint without having to expand to a new location.
Adding high density mobile storage at a large Midwestern history center increased available space by 160,000 cubic feet. Mobile track shelving also helped Troup County in Georgia reimagine its archives. With Patterson Pope’s project expertise, they went from confusing clutter to organized government storage with plenty of room to grow.
#5 You want to save space
With real estate costs rising in most areas, space is at a premium. Instead of having to find a new place to store your stuff, revisit how you use your existing footprint with rolling track shelving. Adding a high-density mobile storage system means you can store twice as much in the same space without the need for renovation or expansion.
Embry-Riddle University added mobile shelving to its library in order to conveniently organize its collection while also maximizing space for students to meet and collaborate.
#6 Money-saving solutions
If you’re not rolling in money, track shelving can have a positive impact on your bottom line. This approach to storage helps retailers monitor and manage inventory more effectively to avoid overstocking. Healthcare settings can also benefit from improved access to medical inventory with high density mobile shelving systems helping to manage supplies more closely and avoid waste.
Rolling track shelving gets you moving in the right storage direction
Track shelving has proved useful in all sorts of applications for Patterson Pope’s customers. Draw on our 40+ years of experience customizing storage solutions to increase space, improve productivity and enhance accessibility. Whether you’re in an office or a warehouse, police station or pharmacy, hospital or library, school or store, we have the know-how to meet your unique application’s needs.
The options are endless. Our track shelving systems are used in cannabis vertical grow operations too. Or take a look at how we added a Wow factor for several sports teams locker rooms with mobile shelving solutions.
Don’t worry, we have the skills to navigate safety considerations too. Track shelving suits your needs by protecting stored material from fire or water damage and allowing you to monitor and maintain temperature and humidity. We know the important role fireproof storage can have in a fire protection strategy. It helps too that Spacesaver’s track shelving systems are listed by Underwriters Laboratories (C-U.L.-US) and meet national standards for electrical safety.
Let’s get your next rolling track shelving project rolling. Contact us today!
