At Industrial 4 Less, our products aren’t just for large warehouses or government procurement projects, they’re just as useful for small businesses that need to stay organized and efficient. This customer photo comes from a small business making custom printed hats with company logos, run out of the basement of their home. By pairing wire shelving with clear plastic bins, they’ve created a professional-grade storage system that keeps their orders clean, organized, and ready to ship.
The Challenge: Managing Growing Inventory in Limited Space
For small businesses, space is typically at a premium. This small business owner needed a way to store dozens of SKU's of custom-printed hats in different colors, styles, and stages of production. Without the right system, hats quickly pile up, get dusty, or become difficult to sort through, slowing down production, mixing up inventory and risking mix-ups in customer orders.
This particular small business owner explained the following changes that they were facing:
- Limited space – One of the most common challenges for small business owners managing inventory out of a basement is that every square foot has to be used efficiently.
- Product separation – Each hat design or color had to stay clean and clearly separated from others.
- Visibility and speed – When multiple orders are in progress, it needed to be obvious which hats belong to which client without digging through boxes or stacks.
The Solution: Wire Shelving with Clear Plastic Bins
The customer solved these challenges with Industrial 4 Less chrome wire shelving and clear plastic shelf bins.
Each bin holds similar hats, neatly separated in their own space while staying fully visible. Clear bins let the business owner instantly see colors, logos, and order batches, which eliminates confusion and speeds up order fulfillment. The shelving system itself is adjustable, strong, and modular, easy to adjust and adapt as the business grows.
Key Features in Action:
- Space Optimization – vertical shelving makes the most of a small footprint, freeing up floor space for production equipment.
- Clear Visibility – clear shelf bins allow quick identification of orders and inventory without opening boxes.
- Adjustable Design – shelves can be repositioned in 1" increments to fit bins of different sizes or bulkier products.
- Heavy-Duty Capacity – each wire shelf holds 600+ lbs, meaning the system can support hats, shipping supplies, or heavier merchandise without issue.
By combining bins and shelving, this small business now has a clean, professional setup that looks organized to customers and operates efficiently behind the scenes.
