Pallet Heights and Bay Sizes
Overview
TOT's warehouse contains numerous racking bays. It is important to note
that not bay size varies within racks, and moreover the number and height
of bays sizes varies across different zones
in the warehouse.
For example - Warehouse Zone D;'s bay sizes are not identical to bay
sizes in Zone W.
When putting away pallets - staff need to know what bay sizes within
in a zone can efficiently accommodate the pallet.
Given this, a method is needed to publish the bay sizes that exist in
a zone so staff can quickly identify the bay sizes to use.
This topic outlines the method to use to identify applicable bay sizes.
Defining
Bay Sizes
In each warehouse zone, the heights of the differing sized bays needs
to be measured.
These measurements are used in two ways
- The measurement is electronically recorded
against the location identifier for the corresponding zone in
strokeone
- The differing heights are drawn onto pallet
height guide rulers
The below image shows the 16 different bay heights that exist in zone
D - The tallest height is given the numeric value 0, with each
height values below increases by 1.

- TOT will manufacture higher quality versions of this pallet height
guides onto wooden boards and placed in numerous areas within the
zone
Note: as storage heights vary across warehouse zones, unique pallet
height guides will need to be constructed and made available for each
of the warehouse zones.
Determining Bay Height Required to accommodate Pallet
Pallets of boxes to be stored vary by height - depending on the
quantity and vertical dimensions of the boxes stacked on the pallet.
In other words - there is typically no standard height of a pallet
When it comes to putting away a pallet - use the following method to
determine the applicable bay height needed
- Locate the pallet height guide
ruler for the warehouse zone in which you will be storing the
palletised goods.
- Offer up your pallet of goods
against the height guide ruler

- Take note of the corresponding height measurement on the ruler
- For example in the above image, the pallet will fit in bays in the
zone with a height value of 10
and above.
- You can then electronically find empty
bays that meet the height criteria.