Carton Flow Rack in Glen Burnie, Maryland

Wholesale orders mix many items in small quantities. When each item sits on its own shelf down a long aisle, a single order can mean a long walk.

Carton flow racking groups the busiest items in a few bays. Pickers work a short face, and restockers handle the back. The two jobs stop colliding.

Light assembly shops toward Marley Neck use the same arrangement to stage components at a workbench.

Training is simple, which matters for seasonal staff.

A lane is a set of wheel rails or a roller bed pitched toward the picker. The lane is sized to the case it holds, with dividers on either side so it tracks straight.

Building-products cases can be heavy: tile adhesive, fasteners, fittings. Those shelves get steeper braking and stronger wheels than shelves holding light boxes. Mixing both on one shelf invites problems.

Expect a short adjustment period. Pickers used to static shelving sometimes reach past the front case at first; within a few days the habit of taking only the front carton sets in, and the lanes stay in order.

Glen Burnie has a large stock of older, lower-clear warehouses alongside newer space toward MD-100 and I-97. Case flow rack works in both because picking stays at reachable height.

In taller buildings, reserve pallets fill the beam levels above the flow shelves, so restock trips are short.

We assign lanes using picks per item on your heaviest days. A fast item may need two lanes so it does not run dry between restocks. A slow item may not belong in flow at all.

The CAD drawing shows every lane, its item and its level, so your team can review the face before anything is ordered.

Most Glen Burnie wholesalers already own selective rack. Carton flow rack shelves usually bolt between existing uprights at the lower levels. Send a photo of the upright face and a beam end, and we match the shelf to the frame.

This is often the least disruptive way to add a pick line, since the rack itself stays where it is.

Pallets that need strict rotation fit a Glen Burnie pallet flow layout. Matching pallets stored several deep fit pushback rack in Glen Burnie. Either keeps reserve close to the case lanes.

A lane that empties three times a shift costs three restock trips. Deeper lanes hold more cases and reduce trips, but take more floor behind the face.

We show both options in the drawing so you can weigh floor against labor. For the busiest wholesale items, a deeper lane usually wins.

In older Ordnance Road buildings with narrow bays, depth is often limited by the column line behind the rack, which we measure before choosing.

Ours is a division of Warehouse Equipment & Supplies Co., a company supplying and installing storage equipment since 1997.

Look over the carton flow rack guide and the Glen Burnie service area page, then send case sizes and pick counts. We draw a free layout for your carton flow racking with line-item pricing.

Baltimore Pallet Racks

1400 W. Lombard St.

Unit #687

Baltimore, MD 21223

Monday - Friday: 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Will carton flow cut walking for wholesale pickers in Glen Burnie?

Can heavy building-products cases run on carton flow?

Can carton flow shelves be added to my existing rack near Ritchie Highway?

How do you decide which items go into carton flow?