It replaced 18 divided-drawer cabinets and 40 standard automotive shelving units, resulting in a space savings of over 1000 square feet. Improves Efficiency One of the primary reasons for considering a vertical carousel is the improved space utilization it offers, and that was the case with Scottsdale Jaguar. Depending on usable building interior heights, up to 75 percent of a conventional storage system's occupied floor space can be recovered. The small unit footprint makes vertical carousels especially valuable for point of use storage applications such as parts counters in automobile dealerships. Improved space utilization extends the useful life of existing facilities, eliminating the need for expensive brick and mortar expansion projects.
Vertical carousels improve order picking efficiency as well.
Conventional static storage systems like shelving require order pickers to spend much of their time traveling aisles searching for items. Typical productivity can increase by more than 2.5 times. The access area of vertical carousels is designed to present stored items at an ideal height for picking, usually about 39. This location of the access area contributes to employee safety and improved throughput when compared with bending and climbing associated with conventional shelving and mezzanines. When integrated into an existing inventory control system, parts retrieval speed can increase significantly.