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