Didn't expect this topic to take off like it did!  Just to loop back to where we started ...

Laurie Carpenter said ... <The vendor indicated that some records centers are  stacking and storing 4 boxes high. It was also indicated that 4 high is "industry standard". >

It appears that we have answered the original question - that stacking 4 high (in general) does not appear to be an "industry standard".  However, arguments have been made that in certain circumstances (type of facility, nature of collection retrieval requirements, type/quality of container), 4 high in open racking may work okay (and provide a financial benefit to the operator).

I'm a capitalist, and hence I am all for folks being creative in finding ways to maximize profit, so long as they do so without neglecting ethical/moral obligations to those they serve/provide a product.  So, if a vendor can stack 4 high without causing any significant and/or unexpected harm to a customer's deposits and/or expectations - then I'm cool with that.  My issue on this thread is a vendor (apparently) misrepresenting their operations as being based on "industry standard" (which in my mind engenders a certain sense of comfort for the consumer).  My point was, if it is a "standard", the vendor shouldn't have a hard time pointing to the source of the standard.  And if their operations are not based on a "standard", but rather some instances of industry practice, they shouldn't contend that they are based on a standard (even if what they do works well for the situation at hand).

As usual, I have enjoyed all of the banter!

Julie

Julie J. Colgan





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