Pallet live storage is a type of pallet racking that is fed from the back, with rails automatically pushing pallet to the front of the racking. In this way, pallet live storage allows for very high density storage while still achieving a first in, first out system. Because of this, pallet live storage is very effective for situations that require good storage density while also ensuring that stock is frequently rotated.

Because it’s loaded in the back and picked in the front, pallet live storage requires that both the front and back of the racking be accessible to materials handling equipment. Although there is some loss of storage space here, it’s more than made up for by the fact that pallet rows and be quite deep; deeper than double deep pallet racking.

As pallets are stored in rows, pallet live storage works best in situations where there are multiple pallets of the same SKU. This way all the pallets can go on the same row for easy picking.