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Storeganizer: High-Density Pocket Storage That Turns Rack Space Into Pick Faces

Storeganizer replaces shelving for small, slower-moving inventory with vertical columns of suspended textile pockets that hang in your existing pallet rack — up to four rows deep. Independent research measured 40% more usable space, 42% less operator travel and a 26% gain in picking efficiency.

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Aisle of Storeganizer textile pocket columns hanging in pallet rack in a distribution centre

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More usable storage space

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Operator travel time

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Order-picking efficiency

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Rip-and-crack warranty

What Storeganizer is

Product view of a Storeganizer bay fully populated with textile pocket columns

Pallet racking is excellent at what it was designed for: storing pallets of fast-moving product. It is a poor container for a box of fittings. Put small, slow-moving SKUs on shelves inside a rack bay and most of the cube in that bay stays empty — you are paying rent, lighting and heating on air.

Storeganizer is the original slim-fit storage system built to solve exactly that. Instead of shelves, a bay is filled with vertical columns of suspended pockets made from coated industrial textile. Each pocket is one pick location. Columns hang from a universal top bar that sits on your existing rack beam, and they can be suspended up to four rows deep in the bay. Because the columns are light, the front rows roll sideways by hand to expose the rows behind them.

The result is a dense, walk-up pick face where a run of shelving used to hold a handful of boxes. A single 96" high bay can hold 252 extra-small pick locations. Nothing is automated, there is no software to integrate and there are no moving parts to maintain — which is why it is often specified as the low-risk alternative to a vertical carousel, a vertical lift module or a low-level mezzanine.

Who makes it, who installs it

Storeganizer is manufactured by KTP conTeyor, the Belgian reusable-packaging specialist that developed the system as a spin-off from its automotive textile dunnage business. Material Handling USA supplies, designs, quotes and installs Storeganizer for customers across the United States from our Salt Lake City base.

How it works

Four things make the system work the way it does. None of them require you to change how your warehouse is run.

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Vertical pockets, not shelves

Each SKU gets its own textile pocket sized close to the part, so the cube inside the bay is actually used instead of being wasted above and around boxes on a shelf.

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Up to four rows deep

Columns hang in rows front-to-back inside the bay. Front columns roll left or right by hand — even loaded — so back rows stay reachable without a ladder or a lift.

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Universal suspension

One top bar profile hangs on virtually any manufacturer’s rack beam. No drilling, no rack modification, no dedicated structure.

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Made to your parts

Pocket sizes are chosen from a standard range or made to order after a survey of the actual items to be stored, using the manufacturer’s Quantisizer measurement process.

Storeganizer columns rolled aside to reach the back rows of pockets — Front columns roll aside by hand so the rows of pockets behind them stay accessible.

The performance numbers, and where they come from

The three headline figures quoted for Storeganizer — 40% more usable storage space, 42% less travel time and a 26% gain in order-picking efficiency — come from independent research carried out at the University of Leuven in Belgium, comparing a Storeganizer installation against conventional rack-and-shelf storage. The manufacturer also publishes a 40% carbon-footprint reduction for the system.

Those are averages, not a promise. What they translate to in your building depends on one thing: how much of your rack is currently holding small items in locations far larger than the items need. Warehouses with a long tail of slow-moving SKUs on wide-span shelving typically see the biggest gain. Operations that are already dense and mostly full-pallet see less.

Individual results reported by users have been considerably larger than the averages. A German manufacturer combined small, medium and large pockets to reach 2,759 storage locations and now holds around 4,000 SKUs in the space that previously held about 1,000 on shelving. That is why we quote the study figures for planning and then measure your own before-and-after during the design survey.

Diagram comparing pick locations in one pallet rack bay as pallet storage, shelf levels and Storeganizer pocket columns — The same pallet rack bay holding pallets, shelf levels and Storeganizer pocket columns — and what each yields in pick locations.

The arithmetic is easier to see than to describe. A bay holding pallets of small parts offers a handful of pick locations; the same bay converted to pocket columns offers hundreds, because each pocket is sized to the item instead of to the pallet. That is the whole mechanism behind the space figure — nothing is compressed and nothing is stacked less safely.

What belongs in Storeganizer — and what does not

Excellent fit

Small and medium parts that currently sit in oversized shelf locations
A long tail of slow- and medium-moving SKUs with low quantity per SKU
Spare parts, MRO consumables, fittings, fasteners and repair kits
E-commerce singles, apparel and bagged goods
Aftermarket and dealer parts inventory
Returns processing and temporary pick lines
Anything where you need many more pick faces in the golden zone

Not the right tool

Heavy items — capacity is measured in tens of pounds per pocket, not hundreds
Full-case and full-pallet fast movers, which belong on beams, flow rack or carton flow
Long or rigid product such as bar, pipe and extrusion, which belongs on cantilever rack
Sharp, unpackaged parts with exposed edges, unless a heavier textile grade is specified
Items that must be locked or sealed for security or evidence chain-of-custody
Sites where a closed, climate-sealed or fully automated enclosure is a hard requirement

An honest sizing rule of thumb

If a part fits comfortably in a shoebox, turns less than daily, and currently occupies a shelf location several times its own volume, it is a Storeganizer candidate. If it needs a forklift or two hands and a back brace, it is not.

Which SKUs earn their place in a pocket

Slotting decides whether a conversion pays for itself. Three properties of an item settle it: how large the item is, how much stock you hold of it, and how often it is ordered. Size and stock volume determine whether a pocket can hold it at all. Order frequency determines where in the building the bay should sit — not whether pockets are the right home.

Slotting diagram plotting SKU size, stock volume and order frequency to show which items suit Storeganizer pockets — Small items with modest stock depth belong in pocket columns at any order frequency. Bulky items and deep holdings stay in rack.

Reading the model

Small item, modest stock, any frequency. The clearest win. Fasteners, fittings, seals, connectors, boxed spares and small assemblies each get their own address in a fraction of the space.
Small item, deep stock. Split it: pick face in pockets, replenishment stock on a pallet above. The pocket becomes a forward pick location rather than the whole inventory.
Bulky item. Leave it in pallet rack, on boltless shelving or on cantilever. Pockets carry up to 44 lb (20 kg) each and are not a substitute for case or pallet storage.
Very high-velocity item. Consider carton flow for case picking alongside pockets for the long tail — the two coexist well in the same aisle.

This is the analysis we run before quoting, and it is also what the Storeganizer Designer is built around. If you want the method in more depth, the warehouse slotting optimization guide covers how to profile a SKU base before you move anything.

Pockets, columns, dividers, covers and labels

A Storeganizer solution is assembled from a small number of parts, which is what keeps it flexible. Columns of pockets hang from universal steel top bars. Pocket dimensions are selected from the standard US range below, or made to order. Every configuration can be extended later by adding bays or changing pocket styles — you are not locked into the first layout.

Pocket style	Pocket opening (W x D x H)	Pick locations per 96″ bay	Per 144″ bay	Typical contents
Extra Small	12″ W x 12″ D x 6″ H	252	396	Fasteners, fittings, small electronic parts, sachets, sample kits
Small	12″ W x 12″ D x 12″ H	126	198	Boxed spares, valves, PPE, e-commerce singles
Medium	18″ W x 12″ D x 14.5″ H	65	110	Cartons, hoses, apparel polybags, repair kits
Large	18″ W x 20″ D x 14.5″ H	45	75	Bulkier cartons, moulded plastics, sub-assemblies
Extra Large	24″ W x 20″ D x 18″ H	28	44	Large cartons, bagged goods, light bulky returns

Location counts are per bay for a full four-row-deep configuration at the stated bay height, 42" deep. Mixed pocket sizes within a bay are also possible.

Storeganizer pocket label holders with barcodes for scan-verified picking — Label and barcode holders sit on the front of every pocket so picks can be scan-verified.

Options

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Front stops

A raised front edge that stops loose parts working their way out of an open pocket.

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Front covers

Close the pocket face against dust, airborne contamination and light.

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In-pocket dividers

Split a pocket into two or more locations so several small SKUs can share it.

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Labels & barcodes

Label holders on every pocket face for location labels or scannable barcodes.

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Custom pocket sizes

Made-to-order dimensions after a Quantisizer survey of the items to be stored.

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NexTTex recyclable textile

A 100% polypropylene, fully recyclable membrane as strong as PVC-coated fabric, around 30% lighter, with a stated 50% lower carbon footprint.

Textile grades

The fabric specification sets both the load the column can carry and how much abrasion it will take before it wears. Most warehouses are specified on Tiger+; heavy or sharp-edged parts and very high pick rates move up the range.

Grade	Weight	Load per column	Abrasion resistance	Typically specified for
Tiger	3 oz	approx. 70 lb	50,000 cycles	Light, low-turn inventory in clean environments
Tiger+	—	approx. 100 lb	150,000 cycles	The standard specification for most warehouses
Tiger++	—	approx. 140 lb	300,000 cycles	Heavier parts and high-touch pick faces
PC380	13 oz	approx. 165 lb	500,000 cycles	Heavy, abrasive or sharp-edged parts, very high pick rates

Figures are from the manufacturer’s US textile range; the system is rated by the manufacturer at up to 220 lb (100 kg) per column. The rated load for your build is confirmed on your quote before manufacture.

Size your own Storeganizer bays in about two minutes

Pick your bay height, pocket size and bay count in the free Storeganizer Designer. You get a 3D view of the configuration, the number of pick locations it creates and a bill of materials — no sales call needed to see it.

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Diagram of the five standard US Storeganizer pocket sizes XS to XL with opening dimensions and pick locations per 96 inch bay — The US standard pocket range. Pick-location counts shown for a 96″ bay and rise in taller bays.

Cutaway diagram of a Storeganizer pocket showing width, depth, height, label holder, divider and front cover options — Each pocket is a coated industrial textile compartment on a rigid frame; dividers, front covers, front stops and label holders are specified per size.

Full dimensions, textile grades and option detail are on the Storeganizer specifications page.

Rack compatibility and installation

The top suspension is universal, so columns hang from the beams of virtually any pallet rack regardless of manufacturer or beam profile. What we need to know before quoting is straightforward: the bay inner width, the bay inner depth, the usable bay height and the beam height and depth. Standard US configurations are 96", 108" and 144" high bays at 42" deep, with 96" and 144" clear widths the most common.

Installation is fast and non-destructive. Nothing is drilled, welded or bolted into the rack; there is no anchoring, no permit drawing and no electrical work. A column is hung by one person in minutes, and a screw-free assembly option is available. On a typical project our crew hangs a full run of bays in a shift, and because bays can be commissioned one at a time you can keep picking out of the old shelving until the new pick face is stocked.

If the rack you want to use is not there yet, or the bay heights are wrong for the pocket style you need, MH-USA can supply and install the pallet rack as part of the same project — including rack permitting where local code requires it.

Diagram of the Storeganizer universal suspension rail on a pallet rack beam and columns hung up to four rows deep — The suspension rail is manufactured to your measured beam profile; front rows roll aside by hand to reach the rows behind.

Where the return comes from

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Space

Small items stop occupying shelf locations many times their size. Released bays go back to work holding fast movers, or defer a building expansion or an offsite lease entirely.

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Travel

More SKUs per linear foot of aisle means fewer steps per line picked. One distribution centre reported hitting 40% more SKUs per unit of travel distance after the changeover.

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Productivity

Users have reported pick rates rising from roughly 75 lines per hour to about 90, and in another operation from 25-30 lines per hour on static shelving to 60-80 lines per hour.

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Accuracy

One SKU per pocket, with its own labelled and barcoded location, removes the commonest cause of mis-picks: two similar parts sharing a shelf.

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Ergonomics

Configurations are arranged so the fastest and heaviest SKUs sit at comfortable working height, cutting bending, reaching and lifting. Operators report being less tired at the end of a shift.

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Scalability

Start with a handful of bays, prove it, then add. Roughly four out of five customers extend their first installation, and nothing has to be re-engineered to do it.

Load capacity, in plain numbers

Up to 44 lb (20 kg) per pocket and 220 lb (100 kg) per column as standard. A fully configured bay carries well over 3,000 kg. The textile is warranted up to 10 years against rips and cracks, and the system is maintenance free — no annual service contract, no moving parts, no power.

Diagram comparing a long picking route across eight shelving bays with a short route across two Storeganizer bays — Why travel time falls: the same SKUs, concentrated into fewer bays, shorten the route rather than speeding up the picker.

Applications and industries

Any operation with a long tail of small SKUs is a candidate. These are the applications we are asked about most, each with its own configuration considerations.

Hand lifting a boxed part out of a Storeganizer textile pocket

Small-Parts Warehouse StorageFasteners, fittings and boxed components that waste most of the cube in a shelf location.

Third-party logistics pharmaceutical warehouse operation

3PL & E-Commerce FulfilmentMany clients, many SKUs, low units per SKU, and a footprint you cannot grow.

Storeganizer pocket columns installed across pallet rack bays at an electronics distributor

Spare Parts & MRO StorageCritical spares that must be findable in seconds and are ordered once a quarter.

Storeganizer pocket columns used for dealer parts storage

Aerospace & Defense PartsSerialised, traceable, high-value small parts in a tightly controlled parts room.

Storeganizer pockets holding bagged apparel for retail and e-commerce fulfilment

Retail Backroom & BOPISBackroom inventory, click-and-collect staging and returns processing.

Warehouse pallet racking holding palletised and small-parts inventory

Pallet Rack Space OptimizationRecovering the cube you already pay for before you lease another building.

Storeganizer compared with the alternatives

Storeganizer is not the only way to densify a small-parts pick face. It competes with shelving, bin systems, carton flow rack and automated storage. Here is the honest short version — the full breakdown is on our Storeganizer vs. shelving, bins, flow rack, VLMs and carousels page.

Option	Density in the same footprint	Cost profile	Moving parts	Best when
Storeganizer	Very high for small items	Product-only capital cost, no service contract	None	You have rack and a long tail of small, light SKUs
Steel or boltless shelving	Low to moderate	Lowest first cost	None	Items are mixed-size, heavier, or need a flat surface
Bin shelving / plastic bins	Moderate	Low	None	SKU count is modest and bins are already standardised
Carton flow rack	High for cases	Moderate	Rollers and wheel beds	You pick full cases of fast movers with FIFO replenishment
Vertical carousel	High	High capital, service contract, power	Motorised	Security, footprint and goods-to-person matter more than cost
Vertical lift module (VLM)	Highest	Highest capital, service contract, power	Motorised	You need throughput, tight access control and WMS integration

From inventory analysis to a working pick face

Inventory analysis

We look at your SKU profile — dimensions, weight, velocity and quantity on hand — to work out which items should move off shelving and which should stay where they are.

Measurement & sizing

Bays, beams and the actual parts are measured, using the manufacturer’s Quantisizer process where custom pocket dimensions are needed, so pockets are matched to your product rather than the other way round.

Configuration & layout

Pocket styles, rows deep, columns per bay and bay locations are laid out, including which SKUs land in the golden zone. You can preview the same decisions yourself in the Storeganizer Designer.

Quote & approval

You receive a quote covering product, freight, tax and installation, with the rated capacity and lead time confirmed in writing before anything is manufactured.

Installation

Our crew hangs the columns in your existing rack — no drilling, no downtime for the rest of the building, and bays can be commissioned in stages.

Slotting & hand-over

Locations are labelled or barcoded, SKUs are slotted by velocity, and your team picks from the new face. Post-installation support and product evaluation continue afterwards.

Results reported by Storeganizer users

Every figure below is attributed to the operation that reported it. We can arrange a reference call or a site visit with existing users — several of them, including Sundance Catalog, host visitors so prospective customers can move loaded columns themselves and ask the pickers directly.

“Rarely do you achieve a win-win with new products. In this case, there are no disadvantages. These columns increase efficiency; eliminate the need for expensive rack upgrades, site expansion or offsite leases; improve tidiness; reduce staff stress and impress corporate leadership. We only wish we had discovered this earlier.”

Todd Bayless, Material Services Team Lead, Rittal

“Compared with our previous system, we save no less than 90% of the space in square and cubic feet with densely-packed Storeganizer columns.”

Hilde De Meyer, System Administrator, Gates

Clear Storeganizer pockets with label holders creating high-density pick faces in pallet rack

Operation	What changed	Reported result
Ingram Micro UK National Distribution Centre	Storeganizer introduced as a key phase of a six-phase warehouse redesign to release space for fast movers	Released twice as much space as the room it replaced at around 80% fill; about 10 seconds faster per pick; 40% more SKUs hit per unit of travel distance; pick rate up from roughly 75 to about 90 lines per hour
Chalhoub Group, Dubai region	8,611 sq ft of static shelving consolidated into 46 Storeganizer bays, three rows deep and six columns high (828 pick modules)	Same inventory in 1,335 sq ft; picking up from 25-30 to 60-80 lines per hour; overall operational efficiency up about 30%; two fewer full-time staff required; fewer mis-picks with one SKU per pocket
ALMEX	Small, medium and large pockets combined across 16 bays for 2,759 storage locations	More than 4,000 SKUs held where about 1,000 previously sat on shelving
Sierra Nevada Corporation aerospace parts room	Shelving replaced with Storeganizer pocket columns in existing rack	Documented on our aerospace parts storage case study

Read the Storeganizer case studies

Related Storeganizer systems

Storeganizer Picking Hive mobile pocket unit on a standard pallet footprint

Picking Hive & Pick 360A mobile, self-supporting pocket unit on a standard pallet footprint, used for temporary pick lines, returns processing, BOPIS staging and as a pick face for autonomous mobile robots.

Diagram of a Storeganizer bay showing pocket columns stacked vertically and multiple rows deep

Storeganizer DesignerConfigure bay height, pocket size, bay count, textile grade and options; see the 3D layout, pick-location count and bill of materials.

Storeganizer Picking Hive fitted with medium textile pockets

Garment-on-hanger & custom textilesHanging garment columns and made-to-order textile solutions from the same manufacturer for apparel and specialised handling.

Who makes Storeganizer

Storeganizer is manufactured by KTP conTeyor, a Belgian group whose original business is reusable industrial packaging for the automotive, electronics and pharmaceutical supply chains. That heritage matters more than it sounds: the pockets are built by a company that has spent decades making coated technical textiles survive being handled thousands of times in a factory, which is why the system carries a warranty measured in years rather than months.

The manufacturer in numbers

	KTP conTeyor
Founded	conTeyor established 1988
Sales	Approximately €165 million (2024)
Production	10 production sites globally
Customers	More than 1,200 worldwide
Storeganizer developed	2012
Recyclability	More than 90% of products recyclable

Storeganizer pocket columns suspended several rows deep inside a pallet rack bay — Columns hung several rows deep in a single bay — the arrangement conTeyor engineered the suspension system around.

Where Material Handling USA fits

We specify, configure, supply and install Storeganizer in the United States. That means the slotting analysis, the bay measurements, the configuration, the install and the follow-up all come from one place — and from a team that also designs the pallet rack the system hangs in. If a conversion is the wrong call for your SKU profile, we would rather tell you that than sell you bays that sit half empty.

The sustainability case, and its limits

Storage decisions rarely start as sustainability decisions, but they end up in the same report. Three things about this system are worth putting in front of a facilities or ESG team:

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Around 40% lower carbon footprint

The manufacturer publishes a 40% carbon reduction for the system compared with conventional storage. The bulk of it comes from avoided steel and from not building or leasing additional space.

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Avoided construction

Converting existing bays instead of expanding a building is the single largest environmental saving available in a warehouse project — and usually the largest financial one too.

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Maintenance free for a decade

No motors, no controls, no annual service visits and no consumables, with textile warranted up to 10 years. Nothing is replaced on a schedule.

The honest limit: these are manufacturer and research figures, not a measurement of your building. What we can do is calculate the space you would recover from your own bay dimensions and SKU profile, which is the number both the finance case and the carbon case actually rest on. Start with the Storeganizer Designer or ask us to run it.

Go deeper on Storeganizer

Each of these covers one part of the system in detail — how it works mechanically, how to slot it, what it costs, how it performs in specific industries, and who manufactures it.

How Storeganizer worksThe suspension system, pocket columns, four rows deep, and installing into existing rack.

SKU slotting & rack ROIUsing SKU size, stock volume and order frequency to maximise rack-space return.

Cost & ROIWhat drives price, why cost per pick location beats cost per square foot, and payback.

Electronics & white goodsComponent and appliance-spare ranges: pocket sizing, ESD packaging, picking accuracy.

Pharmaceutical & medical supplyLot and expiry control, scannable per-SKU locations, and the environmental limits.

Aviation & MRO partsOne part number per traceable pocket, and what belongs in cantilever instead.

High-density Storeganizer pick faces filling a run of pallet rack bays

Sustainability & carbonAvoided space, avoided steel, no operational energy — and what we will not claim.

Who makes StoreganizerconTeyor: founded 1988, ~€165m sales, 10 sites, and what to verify before buying.

Resources

Ask us for the current Storeganizer US brochure and the specification sheets for the Picking Hive sizes, or take a look at the related MH-USA resources below.

Storeganizer FAQs

What is Storeganizer?

Storeganizer is a high-density storage system built from vertical columns of suspended textile pockets that hang inside a standard pallet rack bay. It replaces shelving for small, slower-moving items and creates far more individual pick locations in the same footprint. It is manufactured by KTP conTeyor in Belgium and supplied and installed in the United States by Material Handling USA.

How much space does Storeganizer actually save?

Independent research carried out at the University of Leuven in Belgium found an average 40% gain in usable storage space, a 42% reduction in operator travel time and a 26% gain in order-picking efficiency compared with conventional rack-and-shelf storage. Your own result depends on how much of your rack is currently holding small items in oversized locations.

Will Storeganizer fit my existing pallet rack?

In most cases, yes. The top suspension bar is universal and hangs from the rack beam, so the columns fit standard teardrop, structural and most other beam profiles without modifying the rack. Our team measures your bay inner width, depth and height, and the beam height and depth, before quoting. If you do not have rack in the right place, we can supply and install it.

How much weight can a Storeganizer column hold?

Column capacity depends on the textile grade specified: roughly 70 lb per column for Tiger up to about 165 lb per column for the heavy-duty PC380 fabric, and the manufacturer rates the system at up to 220 lb (100 kg) per column. Individual pockets are rated in the 44 lb range depending on the size and grade. We confirm the exact rated load on your quote before anything is built.

How many pick locations do I get per bay?

It depends on the pocket size and the bay height. A 96″ high bay gives 252 extra-small locations, 126 small, 65 medium, 45 large or 28 extra-large locations. A 144″ bay gives 396 extra-small or 198 small locations. The Storeganizer Designer calculates this for your bay size in a couple of minutes.

Can I reach the pockets in the back rows?

Yes. Pockets are suspended up to four rows deep and the front columns are lightweight enough to roll sideways by hand — even when loaded — so the rows behind are exposed. Customers who evaluated the system specifically tested this concern, and also confirmed there is enough light in the back rows to pick accurately.

What options are available?

Front stops to keep parts from falling forward, front covers for dust and contamination protection, in-pocket dividers to split a pocket into more locations, and label or barcode holders on every pocket. Pocket dimensions can also be made to order if none of the standard styles suit your parts.

Is Storeganizer covered by a warranty?

Yes — the textile pockets carry up to a 10-year rip-and-crack warranty. The system is designed to be maintenance free: there are no drives, motors, annual service contracts or software to maintain.

What is Storeganizer made of, and is it recyclable?

The pockets are made from coated industrial textile. The manufacturer has also released NexTTex, a 100% polypropylene, 100% recyclable membrane that is as strong as PVC-coated fabric, roughly 30% lighter, with excellent UV resistance and a stated 50% lower carbon footprint.

How do I get a price?

Use the free Storeganizer Designer to configure your bays, or call (800) 326-4403 and we will walk your operation with you. Product pricing is shown in the designer once you enter your details; freight, sales tax and installation are quoted by your MH-USA salesperson once we know the delivery address and site access.

Find out how many pick faces your rack is hiding

Send us your bay sizes and a SKU list, or configure it yourself in the free Storeganizer Designer. We will tell you what you would gain — and if Storeganizer is the wrong tool for your inventory, we will tell you that too.

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High-Density Parts Storage for Advanced Manufacturing

Manufacturers accumulate small parts faster than they accumulate space. Spare parts, MRO, service inventory and low-runner components quietly consume shelving aisles that production needs back.

Service and spare parts

Equipment OEMs carrying spares for every unit ever shipped are the classic case: thousands of SKUs, low pick frequency, enormous footprint.

MRO on the plant floor

Maintenance inventory stored densely near the equipment it serves shortens downtime without giving up a whole storeroom.

Kitting and line feed

High-density storage next to a kitting bench keeps the components for a kit within a few steps of the person building it.

The measure that matters is SKUs stored per square foot of floor, not shelf feet. Most plants are storing air: a 300mm deep shelf holding a part that occupies 60mm, repeated a few thousand times. Recovering that space is generally the fastest way to free up production floor without touching the building.

This is also the storage that most often gets left out of an expansion plan. If you are adding a line or moving into a new building, it is worth deciding where the spares and MRO live before the equipment layout is frozen, not after.

Elsewhere in the advanced manufacturing cluster

Advanced Manufacturing Storage Solutions — the cross-category hub for plants, OEMs and equipment manufacturers
Parts Storage & Kitting — line-side bins, kit carts and staging that feed assembly accurately
Spare Parts & MRO Storage — the MRO-specific application in more depth
Parts & Kitting Storage Planner — size a line-side storage and kitting concept for your own part list

Send us a parts list or a photo of the aisle and we will tell you what density is realistically available in your building.

Free Manufacturing Storage & Material Flow Review Call (800) 326-4403

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