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Practical writing on storage planning, space recovery, and facility organization from the O'Brien Systems team.

July 29, 2026

Warehouse Layout Design: Build a Stockroom Like a Checkout Lane

Every stockroom manager knows the feeling. You have the inventory, but nobody can find it fast. Pickers spend a huge portion of their time walking and...

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July 14, 2026

Built to Last: Durable Shelving Materials

Your facility can be a pressure cooker. Daily heat spikes, sweat-soaked air, moisture from cleaning, and salt spray if you are near the water. Standar...

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June 30, 2026

Parts Room Storage That Works Under Pressure

A pump fails. A conveyor breaks. An HVAC system stops. The maintenance team needs a part, now. They head to the parts room, start digging through bins...

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June 11, 2026

“One More Shelf” Trap: When to Upgrade to Vertical Lift Modules

You have run out of floor space, so you add another shelf. Then another. Then another. Now your storage is stacked high, items sit on top of each othe...

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June 2, 2026

Summer Storage Shutdown Playbook: Upgrades You Can Install Fast

A summer storage shutdown is your window. Two weeks. Three weeks. Maybe a month when campus is quiet, teams are on staggered schedules, or daily opera...

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May 15, 2026

Stop Storing Air: How Adjustable Shelving Maximizes Every Inch

Your storage room is packed. Your office closet is overflowing. Your supply cabinet is chaos. The first instinct is usually to ask for a bigger room. ...

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April 30, 2026

Smart Locker Systems Planning for Hybrid Workplaces

Your workforce may not be in the building five days a week anymore. Desks sit empty midweek, shared areas get crowded on peak days, and personal items...

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April 21, 2026

Static vs Mobile Shelving: The Real Comparison

Mobile shelving vs static shelving: the real comparison If you are deciding between mobile shelving and static shelving, the answer is rarely “which i...

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April 7, 2026

The Supply Room Everyone Avoids And How to Fix It

Every workplace has one. The supply room people only enter when they have to. The one with half-open boxes, mystery bins, and “temporary” piles that n...

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March 24, 2026

Your Evidence Room Should Not Be a Liability

In public safety, evidence is not just property. It is accountability, credibility, and legal protection. When evidence is compromised, misplaced, acc...

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March 10, 2026

Spring Cleaning Is Not a Storage Strategy

Spring cleaning feels productive, but is it an actual storage strategy? You purge a few boxes, straighten shelves, and finally reclaim an aisle you ha...

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February 24, 2026

Retrofit vs Replace: When to Upgrade Your Mobile Shelving

Most mobile shelving projects start with one question: Do we fix what we have, or start over? In many cases, retrofitting an existing high-density mob...

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February 2, 2026

Stop Letting Your Records Room Run the Show

Records rooms that do not hate you back: corporate and legal file storage redesign Records rooms tend to evolve by accident. A few cabinets here. Extr...

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October 30, 2025

Smart Locker Solutions: Where Design Meets Digital Innovation

Time is precious and so are the materials you need stored. At O’Brien Systems, we understand that efficient and secure storage is about more than just...

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October 14, 2025

Reimagining Library & Education Storage

Smart Storage for Smarter Learning Environments In modern libraries and educational facilities, storage is playing a bigger role than ever. It’s not j...

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September 15, 2025

High-Density Mobile Storage, Smarter Than Ever

When it comes to storage, every square foot matters. High-density mobile storage has long been the go-to solution for industries that need to maximize...

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August 21, 2025

Storage That Evolves with Your Space

In today’s work environments—whether it’s an office, lab, school, or athletic facility—static storage solutions just don’t cut it anymore. You need ad...

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July 21, 2025

Automotive Storage Solutions to Maximize Efficiency and Space

In the fast-paced world of automotive service and parts departments, efficient automotive storage solutions are crucial for maintaining productivity a...

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April 12, 2023

Museum Storage in the Midst of a Move

What do you think it takes to move a museum? Museum storage has a bigger role when planning a move than you may think. While the collection(s) itself ...

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February 16, 2023

Automated Storage: Past, Present and Future

Let’s talk automated storage. We have been on many site visits where we walk into an existing storage space and our minds go a million miles a m...

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December 12, 2022

Flexibility in Storage System Design

We’re always talking about the importance of a flexible storage system design. When you first realize the need for a new storage system, the process c...

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November 16, 2022

Storage Solutions Throughout the Years

Like anything else, storage solutions have seen significant change over the years. Boxes on boxes of paper files stored on wire rack shelving is a thi...

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October 13, 2022

Warehouse storage options to maximize space and efficiency

Warehouse storage options help organize the mountains of inventory these large buildings are intended to house. Although a warehouse on the outside ma...

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September 26, 2022

High-Density Mobile Storage Systems

If you’ve been knee deep in research looking for a new storage system for your space, it’s likely you’ve come across high-density mobile storage syste...

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September 16, 2022

Custom Storage System from Start to Finish

Do you think your business could use a custom storage system? Stuff is piling up. Your shelving is falling apart. Your library or office needs to be r...

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September 9, 2022

Museum storage options designed to protect your collections

Museum storage options may not seem very complex. Hang shelves and put all your most valuable and important items on them. But this concept is not onl...

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