• Changing Trends: Just-in-Time Shipping to Stocking

    Published On: May 16th, 2022

    Supply Chain Shifts Covid-19 drastically changed just-in-time shipping trends. Shifts in the economy and supply chain have caused major slow-downs in production across the US and the world, making guaranteed shipping impossible. Just-in-time shipping

  • A Guide to In-Rack Sprinkler Systems

    Published On: February 28th, 2022

    Choosing the Right In-Rack Sprinkler System Choosing the right sprinkler system for your pallet rack systems is essential to the safety and protection of your employees and everything in your warehouse. In

  • What is Roller Racking? How Does It Work?

    Published On: January 26th, 2022

    Roller racking is a first in, first out storage system. You may know of roller rack by one of its other terms such as pallet flow rack, carton flow rack, gravity flow,

  • Warehouse Racking Permits: What You Need to Know

    Published On: January 6th, 2022

    Why Warehouse Racking Permits are Important The last thing you want to do in your warehouse is to build an entire rack system and forget to double and triple check the permitting

  • Choosing the Correct Pallet Rack System For Food & Beverage Warehouses

    Published On: July 13th, 2021

    Do you work within the food and beverage industry, particularly at a warehouse?  If so, you will be pretty familiar with the unique material handling challenges synonymous with this industrial space. Unlike your

  • Understanding Warehouse Pallet Rack Systems

    Published On: April 15th, 2021

    What Are You Storing? An obvious yet sometimes overlooked starting point to a successful warehouse project starts with identifying what you are actually storing. This means the size, weight and type of pallet. These

  • Designing to Optimize Your Warehouse Space

    Published On: April 15th, 2021

    It is critically important to know what type of product the customer is storing,  how they are storing it, and the quantity of products being stored. These may seem to be the most basic

  • Basic RMI Pallet Rack Requirements To Know

    Published On: February 16th, 2021

    When it comes to RMI pallet rack requirements there’s more than one might think that goes into properly outfitting your space. With varying load types, sizes, and weights there are plenty of rack requirements

  • AK Wins 2021 MHEDA MVP Award

    Published On: December 30th, 2020

    AK Material Handling Systems (AKMHS) has been awarded the prestigious MHEDA MVP (Most Valuable Partner) Award for 2021 for their accomplishments in 2020. AKMHS earned the distinction for the 11th time in as many