System Overview
Designing a New Material Handling SystemFeatures & Benefits Provided:
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The Challenge
A provider of specialty garments needed to consolidate the distribution of raw materials to manufacturing from several facilities to a single, safe, worker-friendly center.
In creating a consolidated facility, GEAR wanted to apply current technology, mechanization, and appropriate storage media to provide a highly-productive facility.
Employee safety and a pleasant working environment rounded out the list of requirements for design of the distribution center.
The Customer's View
"We have partnered with Siggins to create two distribution centers. The systems were implemented on budget and on time, with minimal disruptions. Combining RF and Pick-to-Light technology with appropriate storage media resulted in two highly productive facilities."
The Solution
An analysis of product movement rates was completed to design a new material handling system, consolidating five separate operations. Pick-to-light and radio-frequency-device technologies direct picking of orders.
A pick and pack scheme uses recyclable totes. Conveyors transport the totes, and high-speed automatic sortation routes them to shipping. Receiving conveyor feeds product for faster put-away into a wire-guided, very-narrow-aisle racking system.
