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The MVS Award is granted by the industry’s trade association, MHEDA (Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association). This is the second year that 3D Storage has earned this industry award created to recognize companies who have demonstrated an exemplary commitment to their dealer network, their employees and their community.

To qualify for the MVS Award, 3D was required to meet a series of criteria in a number of areas important to the distributor companies who do business with them. In addition to confirming an on-going commitment to safety, MVS Award winners have demonstrated an overall commitment to business excellence by documenting programs in the following areas:

Gaining a competitive edge, improving safety, and increasing operational cost-savings through streamlined material handling solutions has been a challenge for logistics managers for decades. In the never ending search for storage and material handling solutions, many turn to suppliers for guidance. That’s when things can get murky.

Determining what the best material handling solutions are for your facility is dependent on multiple factors. Oftentimes, suppliers make inadequate recommendations, or they are focused more on their specific products versus what the best, long-term solution is for your company.

Inventory management can be enhanced with a dynamic and reliable FIFO system.

Businesses that don’t have an established FIFO storage method run the risk of bleeding money and operating inefficiently. For product-oriented businesses, a reliable FIFO system is of the utmost importance.

As one of four inventory accounting practices, the FIFO storage method assumes goods your company acquired first are sold, used, or disposed of first.

Unlike a standard pallet flow rack, deep lane pallet flow requires the collection of significantly more information to ensure a successful project. Here are a few points to keep in mind:

From time to time we get requests from our customers to use flowrack components (like wheels or rollers) in a pushback application. As we manufacture both flowrack and pushback systems we have a unique perspective on this relative to our pushback or flowrack only competition.