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Show pin .h, cYht - ifTf jrf'ini liiiliWIBli nnyii Hyi Hft0nBrtnt.Ki warehousing is vital G5 Tuesday, October I, 1968 You Need Constant Flow Of Products With Grand Central Stores to be stocked with a constant, gmnoth flow of goods, you can imagine the storage arid & 'Wv Inventory problems that must be handled by the firm. Although each store has a stock moved through the store necessitates a separate, warehousing operation. The Grand Central Warehouse, featuring 70,000 square feet of floor space and advanced materials - handling techniques, is located at 2233 South 3rd East in Salt Lake City. It serves all the stores in Salt Lake, Ogden, Boise, and Cheyenne. ' S' STUDY TECHNIQUES In order to perform its vital of serving all the stores from one central warehouse, Grand Central had to make a careful study of bulk storage and handling techniques before designing the warehouse. The results of the study brought a 50 percent increase in overall handling efficiency to the Salt Lake City stores. The unique, fast and flexible operation enables handling over 1 million cases a year in the warehouse with a e staff of 18 employes men. and a few part-tim- e Inputs to til warehouse are provided by trucking and railroad service. The Rio Grande Railroad has a siding at the warehouse that brings in 0 freight carloads of goods per year. Many suppliers use truck freight to ship function full-tim- 150-16- goods to the warehouse. CREWS ARE BUSY Distribution of storage goods to the stores is handled by Grand Central's fleet of high - capacity, 22 - foot van trucks. The demands of the stores keep the truck and warehouse crews on the move constantly during business hours. Grand Central Stores handle a wide variety of consumer good including wearing apparel, appliances, toys, sporting goods, garden supplies, drugs, hardware, etc. These items are distributed to the stores ranging in size from the smallest (5,000 square feet) to the new 110,000-fast-movi- ' i ' y ,t 'MflHsuiue' ' . - , x' s d cart-pullin- g i ' kj tC.'stx?- - 4S Am 9r of I " J 0Pr'-- storage area and a complete staff of stockers, the large volume of trailers and unloading freight cars is handled by special "lcctric-povrcfnrlrlift trucks and trailers used with a dragline system. These special units have been the key to smooth storage and servicing and have been a major factor in the overall success and integration of Grand Central Stores unique warehousing operation. For servicing the bulk storage area, Grand Central selectd ed a Model HOP high-levOrder Master selection truck with remote controls that enable the order picker to ride right to his e work for ! ' . ot. A, $ n f J W i. ? i Lewis-Shepar- rs ERSATILE TRUCK . . , warehouse manager The operator has 100 percent selectivity at any rack or load level with full control of all vertical and horizontal truck movements from the giant on the Van Winkle Expressway. meet the To efficiently demands of these stores, the following operating and physical factors had to be streamlined for a successful warehousing operation. 1. The handling of all goods had to be fast and flexible at all times. 2. Floor storage had to be variable to provide space e changes for seasonal Items. 3. Certain goods, because of their light weight or bulkiness, do l.ot lend themselves to palletization and, therefore, require special storage and selection. square-foo- t 1 - . For loading and unloading freight cars and trailers plus high stacking of loads, two Model H SpaceMaster electric forklift trucks are used. These trucks are equipped with Full Free-lif- t Masts. (Free - lift is the height forks can be raised before the Inner mast starts to extend above tha collapsed height). The unique feature makes the trucks capable of handling loads in highway trail- HANDLING SYSTEM The low collapsed height of the Model H trucks enables ers and railroad car operations where overhead clearances are limited and loads are often tiered two or more high but where loads also have to be stacked to maximum heights in other areas. for warehousing, picking, movement of and merchandise, loading storage order SAVE t man-hour- ZfA VteEa H s M ike $t7 of work rV s SS V ; ' W y4 ,r1 ' " ' y.Mt - 'A V? V . f. A jr ' . -- A', ..yv ft - 'o V, . i, ' O V A t S 4 6 J m I It. ' KkV ' - W I ' 5 y- 2 ' - If v i ft: I . "5 OMilW saved through this operation alone. The savings can then be passed along to Grand Central customers in the form of f. ' : . v E,1 WE dragline attaches to couplers on 30 wide x 60 long carts. Orders are stacked on these carts and the dragline carries them around to the shipping deoartment lower prices. These trucks handle eer cases a year at the reeiving docks and operate in aisles only feet wide when 400,000 OeVeW. i 'EE:.,- in the ware- are orders are selected from the stock in the storage area, they must be transferred to the shipping area for loading. He.e is another aiea where Grand Central saves time and money. An dragline sj'stem circles the warehouse. The SOO and PABCO 464 W. 3440 So. Salt Lake SHEET METAL WmI, Wx We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your confidence by selecting our firm te install the resilient Floor Covering in your beautiful new shopping center. Quality Workmamhip Personalized Service CENTRAl-WARSHA- W Shopping Center Fintit Material Congratulations Grand Central Warshawt 166 No. GRAND ROOFING house. After ARBUCKLE (ongratuiatlond SUPERIOR 6-- 8 g MAN-HOUR- S them to place orders inside the companys five van trucks for delivery to the stores. Many .'I Warehousing space, modern techniques are needed to supply all of Grand Cential's outlets with smooth flow of products. of d ! , Jt( FORKLIFTS ARE USED The best solution to the special problems of variety warehousing was found to be the provision of a large area for bulk storage operations. This bulk storage area allows for flexibility in floor space plus maximum cubic storage for the wide variety of items, whether they are palletized or stacked. In bulk stacking, two pallet sizes, 40 x 32 and 40 x 48, are used for handling the items. many different-sizeHowever, whenever possible, items are bulk stacked without the use of pallets. To service the warehousing operation, all handling and :f? Pit J!,. i-- r expedited. SPECIAL BULK STORAGE t V ' !. rider platform. These versatile electric workhorses can be used to right angle stack palletized loads of up to 2,500 pounds. Loads can be raised to ceiling height in the warehouse, allowing maximum usage of available cubic air space. Since the operator is at stock level during selection operation, Inventory control and inspection is greatly high-volum- , t high-volum- Chick Gehrke u is Phone 56 East Sth South 359-371- 2 266-147- 3 20S-S- rsfars nei GmirsS Store 5220 Van Winkle Expressway Opening Wednesday, October 2. 0 A.$'k 't When you visit this giant new super-stor- e youll soon know that electricity plays a major role in these and for your convenience ... s A V x s; ... , ;"vi& ether ways: Miles of fluorescent tubes bring you glare-fre- e for better viewing of the lighting thousands of items of merchandise. ... refrigerated air conditioning throughout the building covering 4 acres. Electric Electric refrigeration of the huge meat storage room and large frozen food display and storage areas. All-electr- ic ."S? '2' IWlMKS k v. fW1' 4. Sidewalk Cafe snack bar. f s. , i- - v f Fully lighted parking lot which will accommodate 1,500 cars. Because its electric, its better! UTAH POWER & LIGHT CO. r ;..2 W Acres of Modern Lighting are a feature of the new Warshaws-Gran- d Central Store. Here are shown Marvin H. Oliver, left, manager of the new Grand i - r- , a jnwtej - v- y t y? Central store, and Keith Warshaw, vice president of Grand Central, Inc. inspecting the new store before opening. |