Storage & Material Handling Guides

Bin labelling and colour coding that actually holds up — A labelling standard is only as good as the Tuesday morning when nobody who built it is on site. Here is what goes on the card, what stays off it, and how to roll it out without stopping picking.
Stackable vs Nesting Bins: Which One Actually Saves Space — A bin cannot nest deeply and stack squarely at the same time. Here is how the trade-off plays out across full storage, empty return and freight, and how to settle the question from your own empty-to-full ratio.
Storage bins for automotive parts manufacturing: line-side sizing, kitting and standardisation — How to choose, size and standardise line-side bins in an auto or auto-component plant — takt-based coverage, two-bin kanban loops, kitting trays, oily and machined parts, swarf control, ESD sub-assembly and returnable packaging.
How to choose the right storage bin size for your shop floor — Bin sizing is arithmetic, not taste. Work from the part, the consumption rate and the shelf, using real ALKON dimensions, then trial three sizes before you commit a whole plant to one.
Supra vs Hippo vs Bull vs Rhino Tuff: Which Bin Suits Which Part — Four ALKON small-parts ranges look interchangeable in a catalogue and behave very differently on a rack. This is a working comparison by profile, stacking, mounting and part type, using real outside and inside dimensions.
Panda shelving for pharmacies and hospital medicine stores: a working layout guide — A medicine room is not a warehouse in miniature. A small pack has to be found in seconds, checked against an expiry date and handed over. Here is how to lay one out with shelf bins, pigeon holes and honest FEFO lanes.
ESD-Safe Storage: What Conductive Bins Actually Protect — A black bin is not automatically an ESD bin, and an ESD bin standing on an unearthed painted shelf protects almost nothing. Here is how to specify, ground, verify and maintain a static-safe store that actually works.
Cutting picking time with a better warehouse bin layout — Most picking improvement work fails because it treats picking as one number. Split it into travel, search and extract, measure each on your own floor, and the right bin layout falls out of the data.
Roo Tilt Bins vs Open-Front Bins: When Each One Wins — Tilt bins and open-front bins fail in opposite directions. Here is how to choose face by face — reach depth, pick frequency, mounting height, refill route, dust exposure and ESD — using real bin dimensions rather than guesswork.