General Mills Optimizes Pallet Flow, Pushback Rack Storage
General Mills’ Cedar Rapids, Iowa, plant has been using pallet flow and pushback rack systems, but ongoing growth, product changes and extended use required a storage system update that would safely add capacity to their existing facility.
For nearly 15 years, the Minneapolis-based food giant’s previous pallet flow and pushback rack systems worked fine, however increased volumes, heavier pallets and a switch from 50-pound bags of ingredients to 2,500-pound bulk super sacks forced General Mills to enhance efficiency and minimize material handling, according to Scott Ladwig, an inventory analyst at the plant.