Before we get into our visual merchandising design ideas, let’s start from the beginning to give the ideas context. According to Wikipedia, merchandising is a “variety of products available for sale and the display of those products in such a way that it stimulates interest and entices customers to make a purchase”. It defines visual…

Unless you worked in law enforcement, a jail, or a detention center, you might never imagine that a major part of the operation of a correctional facility is having systems in place for efficient and secure inmate property storage. And it’s a large undertaking at least partly because of factors that are beyond the control…

We’ve said it before. Most people’s first exposure to a garment conveyor system happens at the dry cleaners. As a kid, how cool was it to watch all the garment bags swing by only to have the overhead conveyor magically stop at yours? The Advantages of Garment Conveyors You may have learned everything you need…

Your warehouse, factory or workshop is, literally, a box. Whether we like it or not, a square or rectangular shape works best for commercial and industrial buildings. So outside-the-box thinking isn’t really a part of basic building design. But that doesn’t have to be true for what you do inside the building. Overhead conveyors can…

Whether it’s to fulfill their commitment to a green initiative or just to save money on energy costs. Companies are increasingly looking for eco-friendly options in their operations, and overhead conveyors fit the bill. When you compare overhead conveyor systems to floor-based systems, you start seeing the energy and cost savings right away. Fewer Stoppages…

The path taken by raw materials, parts and/or components through your facility is crucial to maintaining your profit margins. Just a small delay or one extra step for your work-in-progress. Can increase costs in a number of ways and many of them in ways that few companies realize. From efficiently moving products from one step…

Many companies look at inventory management in fairly simple terms. Have the right amount of inventory Replenish inventory at the right time That’s basically it. Of course, the reality of doing those two seemingly simple things is anything but simple. But it’s a mistake to think of your inventory only in terms of maintaining stock…

Thinking about your business, what would you do if you had more time in the day to do it? And what would you do if you had more space to do it in? If cash flow is the lifeblood of any business, then more space and time could really boost its ‘circulation’. If retailers had…