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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.

Southwest Solutions Group® wants to make sure you make the most of the IRS Section 179 Small Business Jobs Act Deduction this year.  It’s still not too late to take advantage of completing the purchase of a Kardex Remstar Element VLM or Spacesaver® ActivRac™ High Capacity Pallet Rack Storage System. The Section 179 allowance has been increased from $250,000 to $500,000 for taxpayers with total capital investments of $2 million or less. To take advantage of these incentives you must act before the end of December 2011.

What is the Section 179 Tax Deduction?

When your business buys certain items of equipment, it typically gets to write them off a little at a time through depreciation; however, most business owners would really prefer to write off the entire equipment purchase price for the year they buy it. In fact, if a business could write off the entire amount, they might add more equipment this year instead of waiting. That’s the whole purpose behind Section 179, to motivate the American economy (and your business) to move in a positive direction.

What Does This Mean for You?

The Section 179 Deduction means that buying the equipment you need to keep your business organized and competitive is that much easier on your wallet. The KardexRemstar Element VLM takes your unproductive overhead air space and turns it into productive storage space all while saving you floor space and increasing picking and inventory accuracy. The Spacesaver ActivRac High Capacity Pallet Rack System can reduce your warehouse pallet storage area by 50%.  Also, through the Section 179 Deduction you can get a quicker return on investment (ROI) from a Kardex Remstar Element VLM and Spacesaver ActivRac High Capacity Pallet Rack Storage System.

Southwest Solutions Group designs and plans Kardex Remstar Element VLMs and ActivRack Storage Systems for all types of businesses. Call us today at 1-800-803-1083 to see how the Kardex Remstar Element VLM or Spacesaver ActivRac can work for you. And remember, the Section 179 Deduction is only good till the end of December 2011, so act fast!

One of the most frustrating things about planning a new healthcare facility is arranging the equipment. Attainia equipment planning software has eased this burden over the past several years, but there’s still been one nagging issue: storage systems. After all of the equipment is organized in Attainia for a new facility, the planner still has to go out and separately match up the storage systems they needed for the healthcare facility.  A new partnership between Spacesaver® and Attainia is about to make that problem a thing of the past. The partnership has made a number of Spacesaver products including – high density mobile filing and storage shelving, CoreSTOR patient room supply cabinets, FrameWRX pharmaceutical supply shelving,  wire supply shelving, personnel lockers and more (view gallery of medical storage equipement) – available in Attainia. This means that storage systems needs are met earlier in the planning and budgeting process and that healthcare planners are given the opportunity to make sure they have the right storage solution in place from day one.

Healthcare Equipment Planning and Design Integration

In some ways, this is the next logical step in the overall process of streamlining healthcare planning. Spacesaver solutions are already in REVIT 3D modeling software, the leading healthcare architect and design solution.  Architects and designers already had the ability to drop Spacesaver storage and filing solutions into their process, and this partnership gives that same ease of use to planners. Now, the planning and design materials you need starting at planning can move all the way through the build process in a seamless, end-to-end manner.

How the Attainia Equipment Planning Software Works

Here’s an example of how this partnership makes the healthcare planner’s life easier. Let’s suppose your company is building a new hospital.  Your materials management department tells the equipment planners they want some specific CoreSTOR or FrameWRX storage equipment solutions. Using their REVIT building models and Attainia software, they drop the design files into the rooms where you need them. The Attainia component gives them all of the information they need – dimensions, size, weight, price, and even REVIT configured files. You have your estimate, and the planner has everything they need to move forward.

Real Benefits to Healthcare Equipment Planners

Ultimately, this partnership gives the healthcare planning industry several specific benefits, including:

• Fewer budget surprises. Having pricing data and specifications early in the process means fewer budget revisions as the project moves forward.
•  Fewer revisions. Fewer revisions translate into cost savings, and not having to scramble to implement storage systems as an afterthought.
•  Increased productivity.  Attainia’s planning solution, coupled with access to Spacesaver product line data, means healthcare planners spend less time flipping back and forth to find what they need.

 Call us today, 1-800-803-1083 for more information on how we can help you plan your next medical facility with Attainia equipment planning services.

Fire Hose Shelving, Fire Hose Racks, and Fire Hose Storage

Developed, Tested, and Used by Firefighters.   For sizes, details, and pricing visit our website at www.firehosestorage.com

Simplicity in design make the Southwest Solutions Group Fire Hose Rack System a cost-effective storage solution for hose storage.  Store twice as many hoses in less floor space, and do it in an organized way when minutes count.  Fire hose racks by Southwest Solutions Group are built to last.  The racks are made of solid steel and shelves/cradles are adjustable on 1 1/2" increments to allow you to store any size of hose (1 3/4", 2 1/2", 3", 4", 5", 6") you may have.  None of the shelves are welded into place, so you can adjust them easily to hold the hose size you need.  The top shelf can be used for storage as well.

Southwest Solutions Group, Inc. offers a wide range of cabinet configurations including base and wall cabinets, sink cabinets, worktops, backsplashes, and tall cabinets. Free-standing sectional walls are also available to accommodate a wide range of needs including pharmacy and lab areas.

Our sectional wall system allow cabinets and/or panels to be mounted directly to our heavy gauge steel slotted uprights. Counters are height adjustable on free-standing sectional wall systems and base cabinet may be cantilevered under worktops to free up toe space. Integrated power management means neatly concealed cord management and the ability to place power in multiple areas throughout the sectional walls.

We offer a full line of powder coated steel or stainless steel cabinets that are engineered to withstand the daily demands of the working environment. We offer a steel solution for laminate specified jobs as well.

Our cabinet sides, doors, and drawer fronts can be specified in HPLF or Thermofoil for a laminate cabinet appearance, while maintaining the structural strength of steel.

We are looking forward to being part of your solution.

Southwest Solutions Group has the ability to provide powder coated steel cabinets with a Thermofoil outer appearance. The benefits of both – the strength of steel with the surface warmth of Thermofoil – come together in perfect harmony.  Double-sided lab benches with independently adjustable shelves on solution wall systems allow for need specific flexibility. This lab includes several workstation areas and peninsula worktops. All casework comes standard with soft-close drawers to minimize cabinet drawer noise in the working environment.

Finishes Used:

Cabinet Body: Powder Coated Steel or Stainless Steel or Laminate or Thermofoil
Cabinet Fronts – Thermofoil or Powder Coated Steel or Stainless Steel or Laminate
Sides – Thermofoil or Powder Coated Steel or Stainless Steel or Laminate
Worktop – Thermofoil or Stainless Steel or Laminate or Resin or Solid Surfacing
Toe kick – Powder Coated Steel or Stainless Steel with adjustable levelers

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Our cabinets are quality built from the ground up:
While the foundation of a house determines its structural integrity, the same can be said of a cabinet’s toe kick. Although laminate furniture is suitable for dry applications, it becomes a disadvantage when used in high moisture areas, especially where liquid spills can accumulate at the base of cabinets. That is why we do not offer anything but steel toe kicks on our cabinets to ensure your cabinets always have a firm foundation.