Project Challenges

• System needed to handle a minimum of 900 cases per hour
• High product mix but low volume per order
• System must be able to reduce headcount by 20%
• System must cater for future expansion of SKUs by 35%
• Outbound zone must accommodate different forwarders to different countries.

Solutions

• 2-tier shelving system for storage density and effective picking activities
• Loose pick line organised through zone pick
• Packing line with sealing machine for loose items
• On-Line weighing scale for QC stations
• Destination sorting line
• Software interface and control system
• Structure in place for scale up second tier conveyor system, providing for future expansion without additional footprint needed