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December 20, 2007

Ikea's big warehouse with a small footprint

  • Using a 100-foot-tall racking system means a 1 million-square-foot warehouse can be placed in a 646,000-square-foot footprint.
    • By JON SILVER
    Journal Staff Reporter

    Photos courtesy of Ikea [enlarge]
    Each aisle will have its own automated crane to move merchandise from the racks, allowing smaller aisles than in conventional warehouses.

    DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, like airports or shopping malls, can require a lot of land. Where land is expensive or scarce, one remedy is to build high.


     
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