Compartmentalization system for industrial totes and compartmentalizable totes

A compartmentalizable tote and bin system comprising:

• a tote having:
• a tote base including a plurality of recessed areas, each of the plurality of recessed areas having one or more raised peripheral boundaries;
• a first tote side wall including a plurality of slotted recesses for retaining a bin within the tote, each of said plurality of slotted recesses having a front wall and a back wall parallel with said first tote side wall;
• and a second tote side wall;
• first and second tote end walls, the tote side walls and tote end walls forming a tote rim, wherein the tote base, the tote side walls and tote end walls defining a tote interior;
• the first tote side wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface with edge surfaces between the interior and exterior surfaces, defining said plurality of slotted recesses;
• and
• a bin having:
• a bin base including one or more recessed areas, each of the one or more bin base recessed areas having one or more raised peripheral boundaries, the one or more bin base recessed areas cooperating with the plurality of recessed areas of the tote base to limit sliding between the bin and the tote;
• a first bin side wall;
• a second bin side wall;
• first and second bin end walls, the bin side walls and bin end walls having an upper rim, wherein the bin base, bin side walls and bin end walls defining a bin interior;
• and
• at least one tab having a portion substantially tangential to and formed on the exterior of at least a first bin side wall, the tab being suitable for insertion into a selected one of the plurality of slotted recesses between said front wall and back wall of said slotted recesses;
• wherein the bin is capable of being disposed within the tote interior such that the upper rim of the bin is recessed relative to the tote rim.