INNOVATIVE STORAGE SOLUTIONS

Kardex Remstar Elektriever Series 90, Series 80, and Series 2000

Are you tired of searching all over the office for files? Well if you are looking to improve your office filing system and create a functional organized file storage area, a great way to accomplish your goal is with a Lektriever (aka Elektriever) powered vertical file cabinet.  The Lektriever power file carousel by Kardex will increase filing productivity, save valuable floor space, and provide ergonomic file storage.

How does a Kardex Remstar Lektriever Power File Carousel Work?

Kardex Lektriever Carousels stretch up vertically to store files, converting wasted overhead airspace space into productive file storage. The Kardex Lektriever, formally named Megastar Mediastations have a series of vertically arranged revolving file shelves or file drawers that bring your files, binders, computer media, or supplies to you at an ergonomically situated work counter. The Kardex Elektriever File Cabinet can be controlled by either an electronic keypad, or interfaced with your records management software system.

Kardex Lektriever Vertical File Cabinets Conserve Floor Space and Increase Productivity

The Kardex Remstar Lektriever Filing Cabinet is equipped with 2,700 linear inches of letter-sized filing space. Basically, this means that the Elektriever System has the same storage capacity as about 27 file cabinets; however, the Electriever uses 80% less floor space. The easy to use powered file cabinet will improve your filing productivity by up to 56% because everything is brought to you at an ergonomic work counter.

Kardex Remstar Rotating Filing Carousels are Ergonomic and ADA Compliant

The Kardex Elektriever minimizes physical effort such as twisting, bending, and lifting, and is easy to operate regardless of the user’s body size, posture or mobility. The Lektriever’s ergonomic design and operation are fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), OSHA regulations, as well as the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards (UFAS) for forward and side reach, clearance under the work counter, and control accessibility guidelines. The Kardex Remstar Lektriever’s roll-out file drawers can be accessed with less than five pounds of force, and the ADA fixed seating posting board allows easy, natural access to retrieve stored files or other materials.

Benefits of Kardex Remstar Elektriever Power Filing System

• Improves worker productivity up to 56% by increasing file transactions compared to other filing equipment and cabinets
• Saves valuable floor space by up to 80%
• Improves employee morale and customer service
• Reduces costs associated with retrieving and storing files
• Meets ADA Accessibility guidelines
• Has locking doors to secure files

Professional Services for Your Kardex Remstar Lektriever Filing Systems

Southwest Solutions Group® provides professional services including planning, layout, installation, relocations, and ongoing maintenance for Kardex Remstar Series 90, 80, 2000 Vertical Filing Carousels. Email us or give us a call today at 1-800-803-1083 to speak with one of our Kardex Lektriever Filing System experts.

Efficient File Pocket Shelving and Record Box Storage Racks for Your Legal Practice

Lawyers and Attorneys are fierce advocates for their clients. To do their job, they need to be organized and prepared for court, briefings, and meetings. One of the most important aspects of success for a legal practice is the ability to locate and assimilate the correct records and information quickly when needed. But what happens when that file is nowhere to be found? You need a company that can come up with innovative storage concepts for your business. Southwest Solutions Group® helps law firms in Kansas City, Topeka, Overland Park, Olathe, Lawrence, Shawnee, Manhattan, Salina, Lenexa, Springfield, and Columbia and throughout the states of Kansas and Missouri efficiently organize and store their legal files, records and information for quick and accurate retrieval.

High Density Shelves for Redrope File Pockets, Case Record Boxes, and Client File Folders

Law offices store their case files and records in many different ways. Attorneys could have client records in boxes or case files in redrope file pockets, either way you need a flexible and organized storage system that holds many different types of information and records. That is why high density filing cabinets and storage shelving is a great option. High density shelving is flexible and customizable to meet the needs of law firms. With over 1,200 different shelving accessories, high density shelving will store file folders, record storage boxes, and office supplies all in the same shelving storage system.  Southwest Solutions Group is knowledgeable in the design and planning of flexible legal filing and storage systems for law firms.

Legal High Density Shelving Cabinets Saves Your Law Firm Floor Space 

Many law firms and attorney’s offices are located in the financial district or the power and light district in downtown Kansas City. Even if your law office isn’t located downtown, real estate is still expensive. Not only do you have to pay for lease space, but you have to pay to heat, cool, and light the space too. Maximizing filing spaces with high density file shelves will allow you to store more files onsite and reduce offsite record storage costs. With high density storage you will increase your file storage capacity without using additional floor space because high density shelving compacts storage, which saves up to 66% of your floor space compared to traditional filing systems. Cost-effective high density compact storage allows you to maximize your office space for file and record box storage.

Additional Law Firm Filing and Storage Equipment and Records Management Services

In addition to high density storage systems, Southwest Solutions Group’s Kansas City Office provides many other space saving filing and storage equipment and records management services such as:

• Color coded filing systems and record box storage racks
• Barcode and RFID file and asset tracking software systems
• Mailroom furniture and modular casework counters and cabinets
• Spinning rotary file and multi-media cabinets
• Bi-file and Tri-file sliding war room shelves for files and record boxes
• Records and Information Management Consulting
• File conversions and document scanning services
• Digital Imaging Litigation Support Systems

Law Firm Storage and Filing System Design Concepts for Your Business

If your law firm is ready to make the change to an organized filing system that maximizes floor space and productivity, give us a call today at (913) 345-0289.

Not in Kansas or Missouri? Don’t worry we have offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Just call 1-800-803-1083 or email us and we can get you in touch with a local legal office filing and storage expert.

Patient Chart Shelves | Medical Filing Racks | Health Information Management Concepts for Improving Your Business

Health Information Management (HIM) is a constant challenge for doctor’s offices, hospitals, pharmacies, clinics, and many other medical facilities. Medical records and patient charts require a lot of room, which makes them a challenge to store and organize. You also have to be concerned with being in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).  Well don’t stress because whether you are looking for an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) document imaging system, an efficient patient chart filing shelf system, or a space saving medical product and supply storage system, we can help. Southwest Solutions Group® assists medical facilities in Kansas City, Topeka, Overland Park, Olathe, Lawrence, Shawnee, Manhattan, Salina, Lenexa, Springfield, and Columbia and throughout the states of Kansas and Missouri with planning, delivering, and installing efficient Health Information Management (HIM) solutions and products.

Space Efficient HIM Medical Filing Systems, HIPAA Secure Medical Chart Shelving, and Medical Product Storage

Medical and hospital space is very expensive to operate and maintain. We specialize in filing and storage concepts that manage the business of your medical facility’s filing and supply storage space needs.  These medical storage and filing systems are also designed to increase productivity of personnel using these information management systems.  We have many innovative space saving HIM and HIPAA options for you to choose from, as well as electronic medical records, consulting, conversion and scanning services. Here are just a few healthcare equipment products that will save you floor space and enhance productivity for your physical and electronic patient records and your medical products:

• Spacesaver High Density Chart Shelving
• Doctor Office Open Shelving and Filing Cabinets
• FrameWRX Pharmacy and Medical Supply Storage
• Medical, Hospital, and Nurse’s Station Modular Casework
• Surgical Casket Supply Kit Cabinets

Organizing Medical Records and Patient Charts

There are many different systems available for organizing and categorizing your medical charts and patient records. We can work with you to create a system that will meet your specific needs. Some of our available options are:

• Color-coded chart filing solutions
• Automated medical records file labeling
• Barcode RFID patient file tracking systems
• Imaging patient record solutions
• Medical and patient file conversion services

Assistance in Designing and Planning HIPAA Compliant Medical Record Storage

If you are interested to see how any of these storage options can work in your hospital, doctor’s office, or healthcare facility, give us a call today at (913) 345-0289 or email us.

Not in Kansas or Missouri? Don’t worry we have offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Tennessee. Call us today at 1-800-803-1083 and we can get you in touch with a local representative to see how we can help your doctor’s office or hospital manage and store your patient charts, healthcare records, and medical products!

RxStor Sliding Cabinets for Efficient Pharmacy Storage Design

Pharmacies and RX facilities are growing in capacity and complexity, which means their medical product storage needs are evolving. Storing various types of medicines and drugs requires pharmacies to be very effective at using their space wisely. RxStor compact slide out cabinets are a pharmacy storage system that replaces stationary shelving and transforms your pharmacy storage area into a highly efficient and organized entity by compacting stored products into the smallest area possible.

How RxStor Compact Pharmacy Slide Out Cabinets Work

A traditional pharmacy storage area is composed of shelving units with access aisles in between. The RxStor compact cabinets eliminate the aisles needed in between each unit because the whole system is compacted together. The medicine and pharmaceuticals in the shelves are accessed by sliding out a cabinet, and the most active products can be stored on the cabinet fronts. So for example, you can store slow moving medicines or bulk medical products on the interior of the cabinets and then store the fastest moving drugs on the open shelves in the front of the system. By organizing and consolidating your stored medicines and drugs, you improve efficiency because the distance between the work area and stored items is decreased. The RxStor compact cabinets also open the pharmacy area up for better visibility and a better flow for people traffic.

Benefits of the RxStor Compact Sliding Cabinets

• Quick access to fast moving meds
• Shorter walk equals faster retrieval
• More meds stored closer to work areas
• More scripts filled in less time
• Reduced fatigue
• Slides allow for easy in and out movement
• Items are stored in the smallest possible area
• Floor space is reclaimed by eliminating aisles
• Multiple units can be access simultaneously

RxStor Sliding Pharmacy Cabinets are Easy to Install

The RxStor cabinets are designed to be easy for pharmacies to install. The carriages are shipped attached to the leveling frame with the trim pieces already installed. The aluminum slides are light enough that two people can easily pick up the leveling frame and slides and set them in place. Then level the frame and anchor it and your ready for the cabinet shelves. Finally, set the cabinet shelf units on top of the sliding carriages and anchor them at each corner.

Call us today at 1-800-803-1083 for a free assessment of your pharmacy storage area to see if a RxStor System is right for you.

LEAN Manufacturing with Kardex Horizontal Carousels

Are you looking to improve your manufacturing parts storage? Horizontal Carousels use lean manufacturing initiatives, to cut out waste and maximize productivity. If you are looking for a way to do more with less, a Kardex Remstar Horizontal Carousel is a great option. Horizontal Carousels with FastPic inventory management software can increase productivity, save floor space, improve picking accuracy, and give you a quick return on investment.

Kardex Remstar Horizontal Carousels Increase Productivity and Picking Accuracy

With Horizontal Carousels equipped with FastPic inventory management technology, workers can batch pick orders instead of walking around searching for parts one at a time. Here is an example of how the horizontal carousel can increase productivity output: Several orders are sent to a batch workstation to be processed. The horizontal carousels automatically rotate for the first pick, and by using pick lights the operator is directed to the exact location of the first pick. The operator picks the quantity indicated on the pick screen and distributes the parts into six order bins as directed by the FastPic software. As the operator is distributing the parts from the first pick, the other horizontal carousels begin rotating to the next pick, virtually eliminating operator dwell time. This process repeats until the six parts in the batch are filled. One company that recently invested in the Kardex Horizontal Carousel (view image gallery) was able to reduce their picking staff from 5 to 3 people, which equates to a 40% labor savings.

The Horizontal Carousel also allows for quick hot picks when they are needed. Simply push a button and the carousel rotates to deliver the part to the pick station. Once the hot pick part is delivered to the operator, they can easily transition back to the batch order process. The ability to deliver hot picks speeds up the time to retrieve parts without disrupting the batch picking process.

Kardex Remstar Horizontal Carousels Save Floor Space and Money

Depending on your exact situation you can save 40% of your manufacturing floor space with a Kardex Horizontal Carousel (View video). For example, a company had 7,000 square feet of warehouse space and 1,600 square feet of additional off-site storage space for storing parts. With the Horizontal Carousel, they were able to store all their parts onsite in 5,000 square feet, for a 42% space savings. With the space and labor savings, the Kardex Remstar Horizontal Carousel provides you a quick return on investment in as little as 18 months.

If you are interested in increasing productivity and saving floor space in your manufacturing warehouse with a Kardex Horizontal Carousel, call us today at 1-800-803-1083 or send us an email.

Designing Space Efficient Storage in Small Offices

These days space can be a precious commodity. Many people work in small offices that are located in downtown high rise buildings where rent can be very expensive. While the high cost of floor space is a necessary evil, it can be the foundation for inspiration to create a very creative eco-friendly design that maximizes and uses every inch of available space. Careful planning of filing and storage areas can help companies conserve floor space for more stylish areas that communicate confidence like reception areas, conference rooms, additional workstations, and break rooms.

Now You Can Get Really Creative with Designing Your Office Space

When you are designing an office space, one of the last things you or the client wants to think about is where they are going to store their paperwork, files, and office supplies but these are necessary items for running a successful business, which means you have to factor them in. Your choices are expensive high quality lateral file cabinets that hog floor space, cheap ugly file cabinets that hog floor space, or space efficient high density filing systems that save floor space and combine elegance and high quality at a more feasible cost. The choice is clear when you consider that Spacesaver’s mobile high density storage systems have the same storage capacity as lateral filing cabinets but take up 66% less floor space.

Lighting Can Make the Difference in Storage Areas

If you are worried that Spacesaver® high density compact shelving will have a detrimental effect on the office lighting, don’t. There is a wide selection of face/end panels to chose from that can help reflect light. For example, acrylic frosted panels can be used to let the natural light shine through. Filling an office with natural light will make your client and their employees feel happy and warm. Lighting can be used in all kinds of creative ways with high density shelving, but it’s up to the architect and designer to make that happen.

You can also add optional overhead lighting Spacesaver high density systems for safety and convenience. That way when an aisle is opened, the lights turn on automatically over just that aisle or the entire system. Just lighting a small area is very environmentally friendly because it reduces overall energy consumption.

GREENGUARD® Eco-Friendly Efficient Storage Spaces

Spacesaver high density storage systems are GREENGUARD® Certified and can be used to help companies reach their LEED Certification on new construction projects. Many companies these days are investing in building smaller spaces because smaller buildings can reduce their carbon footprint and even a small space has huge eco possibilities. The impact of Spacesaver storage and filing systems are smaller energy efficient buildings, lower construction costs, and less energy to light, heat and cool buildings.

Design and Storage Planning Experts

There are many innovative and creative ways to minimize the required storage space areas and produce more fashionable office impact areas. We have been assisting clients, architects, and designers with innovative storage solutions since 1969, and we understand the challenges of today’s office space and know what it takes to make a small area efficient and organized. Give us a call today at 1-800-803-1083.

Space Efficient Sheet Music Cabinets for Music Educators

Keeping music alive in schools is an integral part of the education system. With adequate funding for music departments in short supply, storing everything you need to teach, practice, and perform can be a challenge. Music educators in K-12 schools, colleges, and universities have all faced the same challenges of how to store their sheet music in a limited floor space. Traditional four and five-drawer file cabinets are not space efficient and waste usable floorspace.  A great solution to storing sheet music efficiently is Spacesaver® QuickSpace® pull out storage cabinets. Quick Space slide out wall storage shelves are unique storage units that can double your sheet music storage capacity without using additional floor space.

How Quick Space Sheet Music Cabinets Save Floor Space

These slide-out wall shelving and cabinets designed to store sheet music, slide in and out on a modular rail system located within the cabinet.  Because each QuickSpace wall storage carriage slides in and out, an access aisle within the system is unnecessary. The Spacesaver Quick Space storage system uses the natural egress aisle in front of the cabinet to access sheet music (much like a traditional file cabinet), which means the cabinet can fit in tight spaces, between wall columns, in alcoves, and more.

Pull Out Shelves for Sheet Music Storage Flexibility

QuickSpace wall shelves offer a contemporary design and easy installation even in tight spaces. Quick Space storage cabinets are available in a range of standard sizes, configurations and finishes, which makes these pull out cabinets a cost-effective storage solution for your sheet music. You can customize the QuickSpace system to meet your needs because various shelving widths and depths can be mixed together. Also, Quick Space sliding shelving cabinets are easy to add on to and relocate without affecting other sliding wall shelving units.

Ready to Upgrade to Quick Space Cabinets for Your Sheet Music?

If you are a music educator and ready to see how a Spacesaver QuickSpace sheet music storage cabinets will make your music department more space efficient, give us a call at 1-800-803-1083 or email us. One of our Quick Space experts will be happy to provide you with a free assessment of your sheet music storage area.

Lateral file cabinets take up a substantial amount of floor space and make documents difficult to find because they are all hidden inside drawers. If you are looking for a more space efficient way to store your files, consider Open Vertical File Shelves.  Open File Shelves are tall vertical filing systems that save floor space, increase productivity, and provide a professional image for your office.

Tall Vertical Open Filing Cabinets with Lateral Shelves

Tall vertical open filing cabinets are designed with flexible lateral shelves. The lateral shelves can be installed with ease because you don’t need any special tools, just a rubber mallet. Also, you can add new lateral shelves to reconfigure the shelving units for record boxes and supply storage. There are also numerous accessories to personalize your open shelving cabinets to meet your needs such as,

• Pull-out reference work shelves and posting shelves
• Vertical file dividers and file support separators 
• Optional designer end panels
• Lockable flipper doors and roll-up tambour security doors
• Lockable roll-out storage and file drawers

Add an Oblique Shelf Organizer to Your Open File Shelves to Organize Forms, Literature, and Documents

Organize your open vertical file shelves with Oblique Shelf Organizers from our partner site StoreMoreStore to customize frequently used forms, literature, mail, and more. The Oblique Shelf Organizer unit sits perfectly in your open file shelving. The Shelf Organizer comes with side tab hanging folders with easy to read 6” magnified label holders. The Oblique Folders hang on rails and expand and contract to maximize the available shelf space while keeping your information organized. If you are wondering how you can get this great file organizing product, you can shop for them at our partner store, StoreMoreStore. The Oblique Shelf Organizers are available in standard widths are 33-3/4″, 39-3/4″, and 45-3/4″ with custom sizes available. (click here to shop StoreMoreStore for Oblique Shelf Organizers)

Tall Vertical Open File Shelves Design and Planning Assistance

We know that setting up a new filing system or overhauling your present filing system takes designing and planning. We specialize in designing and planning tall open filing cabinet systems. Give us a call at 1-800-803-1083 and we will give you a free 30 min assessment for you to see how tall open filing cabinets can save you floor space and increase your productivity.

Paying attention to detail and providing fast service is extremely important for pharmacies because people are relying on them for life saving medicines. It is very challenging to meet the needs of patients and doctors when all of your pharmaceuticals and medical supply products are not properly organized in the right type of equipment.  You end up spending all your time looking for medicines and pharmaceuticals instead of filling the prescriptions. Well we have an innovative solution to help you get organized and provide faster service, all in less floor space.  The solution is RX Bi-Storage and Tri-Storage Pharmacy Sliders with Shelving Cabinets.

What are Pharmacy Sliders with RX Shelving Cabinets?

Bi-Storage Pharmacy Sliders are specially designed RX shelving cabinets placed on floor tracks. The customizable cabinets allow you to have open shelving, doors, or drawers that are designed especially for drug products and other medical product storage. These RX shelving cabinets are then placed on a sliding track system two (Bi-Storage) or three (Tri-Storage) deep. The Pharmacy Sliders work by placing RX shelving cabinets one in front of the other with the back RX shelving cabinets sitting stationary on the floor and the front RX shelving cabinets on moving wheels that roll from side to side on the floor tracks from left to right or vice versa. There is always at least one less sliding or rolling RX shelving cabinet in front of the stationary cabinets so you can access the back RX cabinets.

Benefits of Pharmacy Sliders with RX Shelving Cabinets

The innovative design of the Bi-Storage and Tri-Storage cabinets allows you to store active pharmaceuticals in the front shelving units and inactive medicines in the back. This way you know where the medicines and drugs are that you use most often. Also, by converting your stationary shelving to Bi-Storage and Tri-Storage Pharmacy Sliders you free up about 40% of your floor space. Bi-Storage and Tri-Storage Sliders open the pharmacy area up enhancing visibility and the flow of people traffic.  Now, you can save time looking for products because they are condensed in a smaller area. This will speed up your customer service so you can be efficient and quick. Another important benefit to the Pharmacy Sliders is that you can add locking doors to the RX cabinets, which provide extra security for certain narcotics. Click here to view our complete Healthcare Photo Gallery.

Call us today at 1-800-803-1083 to see how we can create Pharmacy Sliders with RX Cabinets that will meet your specific pharmacy needs.

Increase Your Floor Space with Storage on Rails Serving Dallas, Ft Worth, Houston, San Antonio Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Memphis, and Austin

Has your storage area become cramped because you are running out of and need more floor space? Are you finding that parts and supplies are disorganized and not where they are supposed to be and you are wasting time trying to find them? Well you won’t have to worry about that anymore with Storage on Rails. The Storage on Rails System keeps you organized while reducing your storage area and increasing productivity.

What is Storage on Rails?

Storage on Rails is exactly what it sounds like. It is a storage system that is placed on rails that roll together to create an efficient compact storage area. The Storage on Rails Mobile Rack and Shelving System converts traditional access storage aisles into one or two movable access aisles based on your activity level. The Storage on Rails System can reduce your storage area by up to 50% or more.  Storage on Rails can be used with four drawer file cabinets or even using your existing stationary shelving. Now you can use that extra room for other uses or add more Storage on Rails for additional storage. (click here to watch storage on rails space saving video)

What Can I Store in a Storage on Rail System?

Here are just a few applications that can be stored on Storage on Rails:

• Archival Record File Boxes
• Your exiting File Cabinets
• Clean Room storage of all types of items
• Sports Athletic Gear
• Healthcare pharmaceuticals and medical patient charts
• Museum artwork and artifacts
• Military mobility bags and armory weapons
• Law Enforcement evidence, weapons, and uniforms
• Library books and archival boxes
• Industrial Pallets
• Law Office Redrope File Pockets

How do you Open the Access Aisles for the Storage on Rails?

There are three modes of operation available for Storage on Rails. The first is a manual pull handle system. The manual pull system is only recommended for small Storage on Rail Systems that are not accessed very often. The second mode of operation is a mechanical assist hand crank. The mechanical assist is a three spoke or steering wheel like handle that you turn to open the system to create the access aisle.  The handle is easy to use and available in several different turning effort ratios to make sure the system’s weight requires little effort to turn the handle mechanism.  One mechanical assist handle will typically move up to six or more rows of fully loaded Storage on Rail’s cabinets very easily.  The third option is the push button. The push button operation is the easiest and requires no force or action from the person trying to open the system. The powered push button Storage on Rails system is convenient and easy to use and comes with many standard and optional safety features. (click here to view powered Storage on Rails video)

If you are ready to invest in Storage on Rails to save floor space, increase productivity, and get organized, then call us at 1-800-803-1083 so one of our Storage on Rails specialists can get to work designing and creating your system!