OM Ships USA
United States
OM Ships International - Logistics center for knowledge, help and hope
Project details: Sector: Non-profit/ministry Objective: Capacity expansion of North American logistics facility META products installed: META CLIP shelving system, META MULTIPAL pallet rack OM Ships International, Florence SC OM Ships International is the organization behind the Logos Hope, an ocean-going vessel whose purpose is to bring knowledge, help and hope to people around the world. The organization fulfills this purpose by providing vital literature through its ships, which have called at over 450 different ports in more than 150 countries and territories and welcomed over 44 million visitors on board since 1970. Through its distribution center in Florence, South Carolina, it not only provides literature to the ships, but also operates a large online bookstore and a wholesale outlet for discounted books distributed in the United States and around the world.
"It was a pleasure to work with META Group from design to implementation. The quality and versatility of the shelving and racks allowed for quick installation and is exactly what we were looking for. The META staff helped us throughout the project and were quick to answer any questions we had. META Storage Solutions came through for us on this project and we will definitely be using them again in the future."
Peter Rau - Project Manager for OM Ships International
The challenge and the solution A recently completed new warehouse extension increases OM Ships' total capacity by 24,000 square meters and allows the company to consolidate warehousing in one location. By equipping the new warehouse with our META MULTIPAL pallet racking system and our META CLIP racking system, capacity and efficiency have been significantly increased compared to the previous floor layout. The META MULTIPAL pallet racks offer 1,590 pallet spaces for packed and palletized products. Our META CLIP shelving system, with a footprint of just 1,086 square feet, provides over 4,200 square feet of storage space with a total of 648 shelves, giving OM Ships plenty of room for non-packaged products and fast-moving, small-parts items. The great flexibility of our META products allows OM Ships to quickly adapt the planned 493 square meters of staging space to current and future handling needs.
