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title: Learn Lean Storage Tips and Tricks With Our Unex Blog
description: After being in business for 50 years, UNEX has useful lean storage tips and tricks for the industrial and warehouse manufacturing audience.
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- [Applications](https://www.unex.com/applications) 
    - Storage 
          - [Warehouse Storage](https://www.unex.com/applications/storage/warehouse-storage)
          - [Storage for 3PLs](https://www.unex.com/applications/storage/storage-3pls)
          - [Retail Storage Solutions](https://www.unex.com/applications/storage/retail-storage)
          - [Lineside Storage](https://www.unex.com/applications/packing-assembly/lineside-storage)
          - [Beverage Storage](https://www.unex.com/applications/storage/beverage-storage)
          - [Keg Storage](https://www.unex.com/applications/storage/keg-storage)
    - Picking 
          - [Order Picking](https://www.unex.com/applications/picking/order-picking)
          - [Case Picking](https://www.unex.com/applications/picking/case-picking)
          - [Each Picking](https://www.unex.com/applications/picking/each-picking)
          - [Picking Carts](https://www.unex.com/applications/picking/picking-carts)
          - [Pick Module](https://www.unex.com/applications/picking/pick-module)
    - Packing & Assembly 
          - [Industrial Carts](https://www.unex.com/applications/packing-assembly/industrial-carts)
          - [Packing Stations](https://www.unex.com/applications/packing-assembly/packing-station)
          - [Industrial Workstations](https://www.unex.com/applications/packing-assembly/industrial-workstations)
          - [Manufacturing Supermarkets](https://www.unex.com/applications/packing-assembly/manufacturing-supermarkets)
- [Solutions](https://www.unex.com/solutions) 
    - [Carton Flow](https://www.unex.com/solutions/carton-flow) 
          - [SpanTrack Lane](https://www.unex.com/solutions/carton-flow/spantrack-lane)
          - [SpanTrack Wheel Bed](https://www.unex.com/solutions/carton-flow/spantrack-wheel-bed)
          - [SpanTrack Keg Flow](https://www.unex.com/solutions/carton-flow/spantrack-keg-flow)
          - [Shelf Track](https://www.unex.com/solutions/carton-flow/shelf-track)
    - [Flow Racks](https://www.unex.com/solutions/flow-racks) 
          - [FlowCell](https://www.unex.com/solutions/flow-racks/flowcell)
          - [Roller Rack](https://www.unex.com/solutions/flow-racks/roller-rack)
    - [High-Density Storage](https://www.unex.com/solutions/high-density-storage) 
          - [SpeedCell](https://www.unex.com/solutions/high-density-storage/speedcell)
          - [SpeedCartt](https://www.unex.com/solutions/high-density-storage/speedcartt)
          - [Pick Shelves](https://www.unex.com/solutions/high-density-storage/pick-shelves)
    - [Conveyors](https://www.unex.com/solutions/conveyors) 
          - [Gravity Conveyor](https://www.unex.com/solutions/conveyors/gravity-conveyors)
          - [Pallet Track](https://www.unex.com/solutions/conveyors/pallet-track)
- [About](https://www.unex.com/about)
- [Resources](https://www.unex.com/resources) 
    - [Blog](https://blog.unex.com)
    - [Press Releases](https://blog.unex.com/press-releases)
    - [Guides](https://www.unex.com/resources/guides)
    - [Product Brochures](https://www.unex.com/resources/product-brochures)
    - [Installation Guides](https://www.unex.com/resources/installation-guides)
    - [Case Studies](https://www.unex.com/resources/case-studies)
    - [FAQs](https://go.unex.com/faq)

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- [Applications](https://www.unex.com/applications) 
    - Storage 
          - [Warehouse Storage](https://www.unex.com/applications/storage/warehouse-storage)
          - [Storage for 3PLs](https://www.unex.com/applications/storage/storage-3pls)
          - [Retail Storage Solutions](https://www.unex.com/applications/storage/retail-storage)
          - [Lineside Storage](https://www.unex.com/applications/packing-assembly/lineside-storage)
          - [Beverage Storage](https://www.unex.com/applications/storage/beverage-storage)
          - [Keg Storage](https://www.unex.com/applications/storage/keg-storage)
    - Picking 
          - [Order Picking](https://www.unex.com/applications/picking/order-picking)
          - [Case Picking](https://www.unex.com/applications/picking/case-picking)
          - [Each Picking](https://www.unex.com/applications/picking/each-picking)
          - [Picking Carts](https://www.unex.com/applications/picking/picking-carts)
          - [Pick Module](https://www.unex.com/applications/picking/pick-module)
    - Packing & Assembly 
          - [Industrial Carts](https://www.unex.com/applications/packing-assembly/industrial-carts)
          - [Packing Stations](https://www.unex.com/applications/packing-assembly/packing-station)
          - [Industrial Workstations](https://www.unex.com/applications/packing-assembly/industrial-workstations)
          - [Manufacturing Supermarkets](https://www.unex.com/applications/packing-assembly/manufacturing-supermarkets)
- [Solutions](https://www.unex.com/solutions) 
    - [Carton Flow](https://www.unex.com/solutions/carton-flow) 
          - [SpanTrack Lane](https://www.unex.com/solutions/carton-flow/spantrack-lane)
          - [SpanTrack Wheel Bed](https://www.unex.com/solutions/carton-flow/spantrack-wheel-bed)
          - [SpanTrack Keg Flow](https://www.unex.com/solutions/carton-flow/spantrack-keg-flow)
          - [Shelf Track](https://www.unex.com/solutions/carton-flow/shelf-track)
    - [Flow Racks](https://www.unex.com/solutions/flow-racks) 
          - [FlowCell](https://www.unex.com/solutions/flow-racks/flowcell)
          - [Roller Rack](https://www.unex.com/solutions/flow-racks/roller-rack)
    - [High-Density Storage](https://www.unex.com/solutions/high-density-storage) 
          - [SpeedCell](https://www.unex.com/solutions/high-density-storage/speedcell)
          - [SpeedCartt](https://www.unex.com/solutions/high-density-storage/speedcartt)
          - [Pick Shelves](https://www.unex.com/solutions/high-density-storage/pick-shelves)
    - [Conveyors](https://www.unex.com/solutions/conveyors) 
          - [Gravity Conveyor](https://www.unex.com/solutions/conveyors/gravity-conveyors)
          - [Pallet Track](https://www.unex.com/solutions/conveyors/pallet-track)
- [About](https://www.unex.com/about)
- [Resources](https://www.unex.com/resources) 
    - [Blog](https://blog.unex.com)
    - [Press Releases](https://blog.unex.com/press-releases)
    - [Guides](https://www.unex.com/resources/guides)
    - [Product Brochures](https://www.unex.com/resources/product-brochures)
    - [Installation Guides](https://www.unex.com/resources/installation-guides)
    - [Case Studies](https://www.unex.com/resources/case-studies)
    - [FAQs](https://go.unex.com/faq)

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# Learn Lean Storage Tips and Tricks With Our Unex Blog

When it comes to the supply chain, warehouse storage and [order picking](https://www.unex.com/order-picking) are sometimes an afterthought. Businesses know they have a good product or a great line of products. They don’t always think about how to get them from Point A to Point B or what happens when their products are sitting back-ordered in a warehouse because order picking takes time.

## That’s where UNEX Manufacturing comes in.

At UNEX, our space optimization and order picking experts help you find the best practices for [warehouse storage solutions](https://www.unex.com/warehouse-storage-solutions) and moving products from Point A to Point B. It's what we do.

UNEX has been focused on providing [order picking solutions](https://www.unex.com/solutions) for 47 years. We continuously seek out new and better ways to help our clients set up efficient storage and picking systems. We look at cost-effective storage and how our customers can best convert existing systems to more profitable operations or how to set up a start-up with the best order picking and [lean manufacturing](https://blog.unex.com/five-principles-of-lean-manufacturing) and storage practices possible for their business.

### The UNEX Blog: Space Optimization and Ordering Picking Insights

[The UNEX blog](https://blog.unex.com/) is here to help you learn some of the tips and tricks that we have discovered through our years of experience in the industry. We hope to provide our readers with insight and information that will help them to be more efficient, cost effective and profitable.

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          - [Packing & Assembly](https://blog.unex.com/applications#packing)
    - [Solutions](https://www.unex.com/solutions) 
          - [Carton Flow](https://www.unex.com/solutions/carton-flow)
          - [Flow Racks](https://www.unex.com/solutions/flow-racks)
          - [High-Density Storage](https://www.unex.com/solutions/high-density-storage)
          - [Conveyors](https://www.unex.com/solutions/conveyors)
- - Industries 
          - [Manufacturing](https://www.unex.com/industries/manufacturing)
          - [Order Fulfillment & Warehousing](https://www.unex.com/industries/order-fulfillment-warehousing)
          - [Retail](https://www.unex.com/industries/retail)
          - [Logistics](https://www.unex.com/industries/logistics)
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