Bischofszell Nahrungsmitel AG, Switzerland
Solution: Increase performance due to modernization and reoganization of processes
Products: SAP Direct Link with Dematic SubDriver, Pick-by-Voice
Cadbury Schweppes, Australia
Australia’s leading confectionery manufacturer, Cadbury Schweppes, recently carried out a major upgrade of its national distribution center (DC) in Melbourne, resulting in a 20% productivity improvement to the Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) in its warehouse – while at the same time maintaining full distribution capability.
Solution: Automated Pallet Storage, Case Sortation
Products: Pallet AS/RS, Case & Tote Conveyors, Racking & Shelving, RF equipment
Carlsberg, Denmark
Dematic installed two automatic picking systems for Carlsberg breweries in Denmark. These are the core elements of their two new 36,000 square meter distribution centers in Taastrup and Fredericia. In each center every hour about 3,500 beverage cases, cartons, can trays and kegs are made up into mixed pallet loads for specific orders and delivered to customers and satellite distribution locations – cost-efficiently and with high order accuracy.
Solution: Route Distribution
Products: Miniload AS/RS, Palletizing Systems, Case & Tote Conveyors
Dairy Crest, UK
A rapid response to incoming orders and the ability to handle an increasing number of smaller order quantities efficiently are key features of the automated logistics system at the heart of the Dairy Crest National Distribution Center (NDC). The system uses two fully automated high bay warehouses, a two-tier picking hall, a pallet transport monorail system, and Dematic’s DC Director Warehouse Management System (WMS).
Solution: Automated Pallet Storage, Pick from Pallet
Products: Monorail, Pallet AS/RS
Hartwall, Finland
Hartwall Ltd. is the beverage market leader in Finland, with production of more than 4 million hectoliters. Their new distribution center combines production with the warehouse and transit center on an area the size of approximately 20 soccer fields. An electrical overhead monorail and a pallet transport system carry the freshly produced drinks to the 16-aisle high-bay warehouse with room for about 36,000 pallets. The beverages are stored in this warehouse up to 28 meters high on a 10,000-m2 area.
Solution: Auto Pallet Storage, Route Distribution, Pick from Pallet
Products: Monorail, Pallet AS/RS, Pallet Conveyor
J. García Carrión, Spain
J. García Carrión is one of Spain’s major food processors, producing wines, fruit and vegetable juices, marketed under more than 500 brand names. In conjunction with Dematic, García Carrión is developing an innovative project in which an automated transportation, storage and shipping system links up production from the palletizing robots to the automatic warehousing and dispatch area. The warehouse also includes a picking area.
Solution: Auto Pallet Storage
Products: Monorail, Pallet AS/RS, Pallet Conveyor
J.T.M. Food Group, USA
J.T.M. Food Group’s switch from manual cold storage warehousing to an automated storage and retrieval system improved inventory and order fulfillment accuracy to 100 percent, reduced warehouse labor by 75 percent, eliminated product and warehouse damage, and cut energy usage by 66 percent.
Solution: Automated Pallet Storage, Pick from Pallet
Products: Pallet AS/RS
Nordmilch, Germany
Dematic planned and delivered a new distribution warehouse with a capacity of 4,320 pallet storage locations for Magdeburg Dairy of Nordmilch. The highbay warehouse, complete with an order picking and shipment section, is directly connected to production and features a customized, automated logistics system.
Solution: Automated Pallet Storage, Pick from Pallet
Products: Pallet AS/RS, Pallet Conveyor
OSEM, Israel
Dematic supplied the entire logistics automation for the new OSEM Distribution Center. Dematic supplied 4 aisles pallet silo storage with 15,300 pallet locations, including supply to automated guided vehicles to replenish 1,600 gravity conveyors in order picking lanes. All warehouse activities are controlled and initiated by a SAP-LES warehouse management and a ProX4 material flow system.
Solution: Automated Pallet Storage, Pick from Pallet
Products: AGVs, Pallet AS/RS, Pallet Conveyor, Case & Tote Conveyor
Southern Wine and Spirits, USA
The latest technology in accumulation conveyors, slug merging and high-speed sortation combine to streamline waving, increase throughput and reduce product breakage at Southern Wine and Spirits new Lakeland, Florida distribution center.
Solution: Case Sortation, Split case conveyor picking
Products: Linear Sorters
