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High Performance Picking System Eliminates Replenishment Labor
A high performance picking system (HPPS), an intelligent combination of mechanics and software, met project requirements for a redesigned central warehouse and distribution center of a European cutlery supplier. The pick-to-light system, storage and retrieval machines allow for the quick, efficient and ergonomic replenishment of stock. The HPPS eliminated labor and automatically re-slotted slow moving SKUs.
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High Density Storage Reduces Energy Consumption
When this dairy manufacturer decided it was time to consolidate distribution from 14 manufacturing facilities into one national distribution center, it produced a state-of-the-art facility that could accommodate aggressive growth. This distribution center continues to set the benchmark within the chilled dairy market.
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Direct Mail & Direct Response Company Slashes Cycle Time
Faced with rising variable costs and looming capacity restraints, a leading direct mail and direct response company built a new 470,000 sq. ft. facility around several core manufacturing processes: digital transfer printing technology, printing coupon signatures instead of individual coupons, and wrapping the envelopes around the coupons rather than inserting them. Automating the material flow between each of these processes and the buffer storage areas with an automated storage and retrieval system slashed cycle time.
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Home Furnishings Retailer Adds AS/RS with Flexibility to Handle Euro and Custom Pallets
With a new automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS), this home furnishings distributor has the capability to store over 81,000 pallets. Sizes include Euro (800 x 1200 mm) and customized (800 x 200 mm) pallets. The storage and retrieval machines handle 30 pallets per hour. This provides an overall system throughput in excess of 400 pallets per hour in and out. Along with lift trucks, bar coding and a visualization software package, The entire system provides an extremely efficient and controlled operation.
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Meat Producer Achieves Prime Results with Improved Software, System
This global beef processing leader processes over 4,650 heads of cattle and produces more than 3.4 million lbs. of beef in 600,000 sq. ft. of space daily. However, an out-of-date ASRS and order management software limited the company's ability to meet customer needs. Learn how this site now has 100% order control, visibility and traceability of boxes with their new system.
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Grocery Leader Goes to the Express Lane for Product Distribution
Learn how one of the nation's leading grocery store chains newest facility is organized complete with wireless real-time inventory control terminals with computerized tracking, laptops, label printers on forklifts and voice-activated selection. The integration of voice-directed "put" coupled with the buffering of product in an AS/RS moved this grocer through the express lane!
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Upgraded Technology Eliminates Headaches for Lab
In the highly competitive pharmaceutical industry, production excellence is prescribed for health care companies. So when an obsolete and unreliable sterilization system caused concerns, this Virginia Lab decided to upgrade technology via automated systems with remote control vehicles and operator screens, eliminating high downtime and low reliability thereby creating 100% real-time tracing and control.
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Blast Freezer Technology Zeroes in on Reducing Costs, Space and Time
The challenge for one of the country's top 3PL refrigerated services company was to design, build and install a product material flow system in a blast freezer environment with extreme conditions. Traditional mechanical systems would be severely challenged. See how automated storage and retrieval technology provided answers!
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"Where's the Beef" no Longer an Issue for Meat Processor!
What gives this major beef processor self-sufficiency in its operation? Find out in this case study how modernization increased reliability, flexibility and productivity in the most cost-effective manner.
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Increased Efficiency is Just What the Doctor Ordered
A distributor of medical and health-related supplies utilized pallet rack and a stationary shelving system for storage; they needed a new system to increase productivity and decrease labor costs. An order processing system was designed and integrated, which consisted of 4 horizontal carousels, an ergonomic workstation, 2 vertical light trees, a sortation light bar at each picking “pod,” and interface software, which increased efficiency, throughput and inventory/distribution control.
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Book & Multimedia Retailer Uses Vertical Carousels to Consolidate Store Orders
A global book and multimedia retailer was looking for a way to increase efficiencies and make better use of floor space in its distribution centers. A new store order consolidation system was developed, which includes two dozen vertical carousels. The system provides the ability to handle a greater number of orders in a more efficient manner, better use of space and improved ergonomics.
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Aerospace Company Expands Manufacturing with Automated Storage and Retrieval System
The new facility houses a system designed to handle more than 270 dual cycles per hour and 2,500 order lines per day using three S/R machines and a front end conveyor system. Their overall system transaction time was reduced by 24%.
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Food Service Provider Utilizes AS/RS for Product Storage and Picking Replenishment for its New Distribution Center
This major food service provider utilizes an AS/RS for the inbound side of their new distribution center. The outbound side is a pick to belt conveyor system from pick tunnels in the rack. The system supports shipments of over 100, 000 cases per day.
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Beef Processor Adds AS/RS That Significantly Reduces Cost per Case Handled
Learn how this beef processor’s new AS/RS provides high performance that increases the throughput per aisle. The company is able to sort, store and ship cartons of beef with every carton tracked in real time!
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Automotive Service and Parts Department Speeds Up Turnaround Time with Automated Vertical Carousels
When one of the largest Ford dealerships in America was building a new facility, it was necessary to replace the current parts department order processing system with a more productive one. Three vertical carousels, in addition to inventory management software, were implemented thereby saving floor space and improving customer service.
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Airline Benefits from Maintenance Support for Mission Critical Parts
This large U.S. airline chose automation for material handling of aircraft repair parts in their 4 newly built hangers. Two different types of Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), multiple conveyor types, and systems integration that included monorail were provided, which now fulfills in 7 minutes hanger worker’s parts requests, start-to-finish.
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SRM Controls Upgrade Reduces Downtime Risk for Manufacturer
Automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) are ideal when a product demands a hostile working environment for work in progress and/or storage. A Manufacturer needed both a dark, high temperature, and humid environment for the equipment that handled its photographic paper. The coating to produce photographic paper includes the precious metal silver. An imperative of the paper’s production was downtime could not exceed the viability of the coating’s batch lifespan; beyond it, batch loss had enormous financial consequences. To reduce downtime risk and escalating maintenance costs, the Manufacturer chose to modernize the storage and retrieval machine (SRM) controls.
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Leading U.S. Newspaper Takes Newsprint Roll Handing to New Heights
A leading national newspaper needed to have early and late news incorporated into a single edition, the ability to use color throughout the paper and respond to advertiser’s demands of more refined zoning of inserts. Coupled with an aging building and equipment, the decision was made to build a new printing plant and purchase an ASRS. Not only their integrated system provide maximum storage in a tight building footprint, it also provided roll statistics for important tracking and performance history.
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Refurbished AS/RS Installation Brings 50% Project Savings
To meet shipping challenges, an electrical components manufacturer utilized a refurbished AS/RS when their parent company originally denied their initial project funding request. Not only did this refurbished system save 50%, it also allowed for future expansion.
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Tobacco Company Ensures Operations Uptime with Controls Upgrade
A leading U.S. tobacco company had operations interruptions with one of their cigarette plants. Many control system components were less reliable than newer technology which created risk to the operation in event of a component failure. Upgrading their SRM controls increased maintenance and diagnostics effectiveness and reduced dramatically the number/frequency of SRM errors.
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