Capabilities
The Advance Team Approach
MISSION
Quality Storage and Handling Systems Built By People You Trust
ADVANCE TEAM VALUES
TRUSTWORTHY
HIGH QUALITY
ALWAYS IMPROVING
WE CARE
COLLABORATION
Team Members Include:
Sales Manager – Manages the customer relationship
Project Manager – Manages overall project from start to finish
Project Coordinator – Tracks detailed project schedule and materials logistics
Project Engineer – Creates full engineering release and interfaces with customers on technical details
Site Manager – Manages on-site installation
*All teams are also assisted by an experienced professional support staff
Advance Customers are Serviced By Project Teams With Personnel Having an Average Tenure Of 10 YEARS At The Company.
Advance’s Account Management team serves as a strategic partner to both end users and distributors—ensuring every solution is aligned with operational goals, system requirements, and long-term performance expectations.
Senior System Integration Managers work directly with end users and automation providers to define engineered storage solutions that integrate seamlessly into the broader material handling system.
Distributor Account Managers support Advance’s dealer network, providing product expertise and application guidance to help deliver the right solution to the end customer.
Key Focus Areas:
Aligning system design with throughput, storage density, and operational flow
Recommending the right mix of structural, roll form, Fusion, and automation-integrated systems
Supporting project development from concept through execution
Delivering responsive support to both end users and distributor partners
Building long-term relationships based on trust and proven project success
Account Management
Advance’s Project Management team ensures every storage system is executed with precision—from order release through final installation—delivering a seamless, coordinated project experience.
With a disciplined, proactive approach, the team manages communication, timelines, and logistics across all stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes on even the most complex projects.
Key Responsibilities:
Coordinating engineering, manufacturing, and installation teams
Managing production schedules and delivery sequencing
Maintaining clear and consistent communication with all stakeholders
Ensuring projects are completed on time, on budget, and to specification
Supporting successful execution of large-scale and multi-phase installations
Project Management
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Your Project Manager will coordinate the creation of your drawing package after receipt of the order. They will assist you in the drawing approval process to ensure your requirements and timelines are met.
Advance will obtain an outside Engineer’s (P.E.) stamp on your drawings, as well as a full seismic calculation package (if ordered with your project). This package will be suitable for submittal to a local building department for permitting.
Advance has extensive experience in working with other contractors involved in your project, such as fire and sprinkler companies. We will work closely with these suppliers to ensure coordination between your racking project and their products as well.
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Advance can assist you with the plan check and permit process at your local city or county. We will submit the drawings and calculations to the appropriate department and complete the process by obtaining your racking permit. We will coordinate the approvals with the Building Inspector to ensure a sign-off that works for your schedule and allows use of your racking as soon as you need it.
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Your Project Manager will coordinate all freight to the jobsite (from Advance and any other sub-suppliers). We will schedule the shipments to ensure the proper materials arrive when we need them for installation.
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Advance is unique in offering a full-time site supervisor option on larger projects. This supervisor will be on site daily to coordinate the larger and more complicated projects and serve as a daily contact for all parties, including the customer, installer and other contractors on site.
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At the conclusion of your project, your Project Manger will coordinate the following:
Sign-off with the installer and customer (this can also be done more intermittently during the project, as needed)
Sign-off with the local building department for a racking permit
Final As-Built Drawings to be provided to the customer in hard-copy or electronic format.
Final billing and invoicing.
Advance’s Estimating team translates engineered system concepts into clear, accurate, and competitive project proposals—helping customers move forward with confidence.
Working in close collaboration with Account Management and Engineering, the team ensures every estimate reflects both system performance requirements and project budget objectives.
Key Deliverables:
Accurate, timely quotes based on engineered system designs
Value-engineered solutions that balance performance and cost
Clear scope definition to support project alignment and approval
Competitive pricing backed by efficient manufacturing capabilities
Support for complex projects across multiple system types and applications
Estimating
Advance’s Engineering team designs application-specific pallet storage systems built around real operating conditions—not standard layouts.
By evaluating every key variable within a facility, the team develops engineered solutions that optimize performance, durability, and long-term value across a wide range of industries and applications.
Core Capabilities:
Custom system design based on pallet loads, SKU velocity, and throughput requirements
Expertise across structural, roll form, and Fusion system design
Development of high-density and automation-integrated storage solutions
Code-compliant engineering (RMI/IBC) and structural analysis
Layout optimization for efficiency, safety, and future scalability
Engineering
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Choosing the best pallet rack configuration is essential to making your warehouse as efficient as possible. Advance engineers work closely with you to understand your warehouse and pallet storage needs and are there through every step of the project to make sure the system installed meets your storage needs.
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Send us your warehouse elevation specifications and we will design the most effective and efficient rack system for your racking application, type of product you are storing and product rotation needs. We will provide preliminary calculations free of charge.
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Advance will give you a full BOM (Bill Of Material) that includes everything required to assemble the rack system including beams, uprights, rails, decking, stairs, etc. and all appropriate accessories as well as estimates for material, freight and installation and a calculation package. You will receive a detailed full estimate you can use for budgeting purposes.
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You will receive a full drawing package which includes cover sheet, plan views, elevation views, assembly drawings, installation drawings and the BOM. This package can be passed along to the Professional Engineer (P.E.) to sign and stamp, to the city for permits and to the installer. You will have a copy for your records of the “as built” system for future use as well.
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Advance can also provide you with a full set of calculations that are stamped by a P.E. and meet the compliance requirements of every state and local code, as well as fabrication certification for the entire rack system.
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Advance is an “engineered to order” shop. There is no pallet storage configuration Advance can’t design!