question archive Situation: Field, Bell and Weiss, a consulting ?rm, has been engaged by the Fizzle Beverage Company to determine possible methods for expanding their warehouse facilities

Situation: Field, Bell and Weiss, a consulting ?rm, has been engaged by the Fizzle Beverage Company to determine possible methods for expanding their warehouse facilities

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Situation: Field, Bell and Weiss, a consulting ?rm, has been engaged by the Fizzle Beverage Company to determine possible methods for expanding their warehouse facilities. The current warehouse has 16' ceilings with a possible 10' clear stacking height. At the 10' level the obstructions are steam pipes, lighting ?xtures and air ducts. Fizzle Beverage currently receives all pallets by truck. Each pallet load is 6' high (including the pallet). In order to take full advantage of all available height the second level pallet in each stack must be broken down. Question: How could Fizzle increase storage capacity?

 

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To increase storage capacity the firm must increase their usable space, in order to do so some changes will need to be made to the useable height to accommodate for an additional 2 Ft in storage height.

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Since each pallet is 6 ft this will require 12 feet in space. 6X2 = 12. In order to increase the space needed (12-10) =2 feet, adjustments will have to be made to the pipes and ceiling fan in order to accommodate double stacking the pallets and maximizing useable space.