Glossar

A high-bay warehouse is a storage system featuring particularly tall racking structures designed for space-saving storage of large quantities of goods. It is used for the efficient storage and retrieval of pallets or containers and is often operated automatically.

High-bay warehouses use rack-handling machines, conveyor systems, and warehouse management software to move goods quickly and precisely. By combining these with automatic identification, dimensional scanning, and digital process control, warehouse capacity, throughput, and inventory accuracy can be significantly improved. High-bay warehouses are used primarily in industry, retail, and distribution centers.

Practical example:

After a pallet is automatically measured, the warehouse management system in the high-bay warehouse assigns the optimal storage location and automatically directs the stacker crane to store the pallet.

See also: Automatic measurement, Conveyor technology, Master data entry, Material flow, Pallet conveying technology, Stacker crane, Warehouse Management System (WMS)