Dematic Multishuttle™ is a flexible Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) solution for applications that require dynamic, high rate, product sequencing to support order assembly, goods to the person picking, and pick face replenishment. The key attributes of Dematic’s Multishuttle include high rate capacity, ability to accommodate load sequencing requirements, and adaptability to existing building layouts.
For Ferdinand Gross, the primary objective of the design was to enhance the level of customer service through a cost-effective distribution concept and expansion of storage capacities.
The new solution from Dematic has brought substantially higher efficiency than the solution previously employed at Ferdinand Gross. Order throughput times have been reduced from as much as 3.5 hours to as little as 30 minutes, and as a result, the company was able to extend the incoming order cut-off time by three hours.
For customers, these changes mean considerably greater flexibility and improved services. At a delivery deadline established by the customer, all pending orders in the system are bundled into a single shipment. The resultant later order dispatch window allows better bundling of individual orders, thereby reducing the number of packages to be consigned.
The Multishuttle at Ferdinand Gross has highly dynamic picking with unsurpassed flexibility due to the unique installation of the Dematic Multishuttle. This installation features the world’s first installation of the two Multishuttle versions, “Captive” and “Roaming”, in a single storage unit with identical shuttles in both areas.
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