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Case Stories Production start: 2013 Segment: Retail Material handling category: Highbay storage with picking stations for order picking. Pallet conveyor system for transport of pallets. Label applicator for RFID-label printout and apply. AGV system to serve transports in the automated highbay area, the manual operated warehouse zones and the dispatch area. Wrapping machines placed on conveyor for incoming pallets and for picked pallets. MHE: 6 pallet cranes with double deep racking, conveyor system and 2 picking stations for order picking. 4 AGV for pallet transport. Host: Heads (XML via File transfer) Delivered system level: WMS Data: 17.300 pallet locations.
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Case Stories Goods in and warehouse strategy: • Pre annonced pallets from Host: Mixed SKU, Package size handling, Model, size, color • Pallet format control station • Reject handling (and express picking) • RFID, label applicator • Article grouping towards match codes (to prepare sequencing at pick stations) • Optimized location allocation: abc-code, height, match code, double deep grouping of pairs • Reoptimization twice a day based on: orders no of pallets in each abc-zone Else AB 2013| www.else.se
Case Stories Goods out and picking strategy: • Fullpallet management • Order booking on packsize • Multi-pick-from locations • Pick-to-pallet on transfer car (moveable) • Sequencing of orders to pick station • Flexible choise for pick-from-target • Fullpallet and ”reverse picking” • Confirmation via ”multiple touch screen” solution • ElseWare guide operator during pick process
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Case Stories Dispatch: • Full pallets from store • Picked pallets • AGV transports
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Case Stories ElseWare Information System: • Visual manager (Layout overview) • Services manger (Process overview) • SQL Free Search (Report engine) • KPI Dashboard
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Case Stories Production start: 2013 Segment: Food Material handling category: Commissioner storage for direct handling of cartons. Pallet conveyor system for transport of pallets. Splitex automatic depalletizer. Miniload conveyor system for handling of depalletized cartons of different sizes. Flow rack attached directly to the commissioners used for order picking. MHE: 1 TGW Splitex. 2 TGW commisioners with multi deep racking and multi load handling, conveyor system and flow rack lanes for order picking. Host: WM (Database communication) Delivered system level: WCS++, CMS (Commissioner Management System) Data: Flexible no of locations depending on carton size. 260 shelfs. 3-5 center lines * 7 cartons in deep. 160 Flow rack (for order picking) Else AB 2013| www.else.se
Case Stories Goods in and warehouse strategy: • Pre advised replenish • Pallets with cartons • Format station for pallet check (reject), ground floor • Automatic depalletizing with TGW Splitex • Manual depalletizing for ”odd shaped” pallets • Carton queued on conveyors for efficient infeed to storage (mezzanine) • Optimized location allocation split between commissioners, article pairing, height, flexible location management, up to 7 carton in deep
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Case Stories Order picking/Dispatch: • Pick order from host • Order ”booking” in ElseWare (CMS) • CMS allocate orders to flow racks rules for optimized picking at flow racks ”load balance” between commissioners • Delivery time ”key” for optimized picking • Pilecode management • Croupier algorithm
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Case Stories ElseWare Information System: • Visual Manager (Layout overview) • Visual Warehouse (Storage overview) • Services manger (Process overview) • SQL Free Search (Report engine)
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Case Stories Production start: 2011 - 2012 Segment: Food Material handling category: Miniload storage, shuttle storage, crate sorting and carrier building for sequential loading to truck. Main Tasks: Receive Primal meat to buffer cold storage and supply to production lines. Receive and handle 3rd party products and self-produced products in retail buffer storage. Automatic order picking, advanced carrier building sorted by category and sequence loading to Truck according to route planning.
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Case Stories MHE: 2+6 miniload cranes, 1 pallet shuttle crane, 2 AGVs, 1 depalletizing robot, 2 de-stackers, 8 stack building robots, 2 carrier loading robots, Conveyor systems for pallets, palletainers and crates, 2 wrappers, 2 strappers. Host: SAP, COOP Road Show Delivered system level: WMS(MES)/WCS
Data: 6 production lines 15.000 – 25.000 crates delivered / day 10 – 20 Truck departures / day Delivers up to 230 carriers / h
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Case Stories Production start: 2003 - 2012 Segment: Distribution centre (industry and retail) Material handling category: Highbay and miniload storage with order picking stations and processing stations, highbay storage for complete orders prepared for delivery. MHE: 4 single handling pallet cranes and 4 double deep/double handling miniload cranes supplying 11 picking stations and 3 processing stations, 1 double handling pallet crane supplying goods deliveries and goods reception buffer. Host: No connection to host. Delivered system level: WMS Data: 1500 order lines per 24hrs 60 tonnes of goods in and out per 24 hrs
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Case Stories Castor for Apoteket AB in Sweden • Uppsala • Mölnlycke, Gothenburg • Malmö • Lund
Castor for Sjukehusapoteka Vest HF in Norway • Bergen
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Case Stories Production start: 2003 Segment: Deliveries of medicines and pharmacy products ordered by hospitals Material handling category: Kardex shuttle and manual warehouse. Tornado shuttle and manual warehouse. Rowa automated storage. MHE: Warehouse management including saldo, inventory. Manual and automated picking and goods receiving. Hosts: Oracle EBS, PharmaPro Delivered system level: WMS Data: ~ 10 000 manual and automated picks / day ~ 100 concurrent users
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Case Stories Production start: 2004-2009 Segment: Retail Material handling category: Highbay storage with picking stations for batch picking. Miniload storage with multi order picking stations. Sorter for outgoing deliveries. MHE: 23 pallet cranes, conveyor system and 8 picking stations for batch picking. 115.000 pallet locations. > 2000 cartons picked / hour. 16 miniload cranes with triple deep/triple handling, conveyor system and 20 work stations. Picking stations equipped with Pick-To-Display 30 active orders for each station. 255.000 tote locations. ~ 5000 pick / hour in miniload. Host: Raindance (XML via MSMQ) Delivered system level: 3 WCS Data: ~7000 m conveyor 39 cranes Else AB 2013| www.else.se
Case Stories Picking strategy: • ”Batch picking” from highbay stations to pick-tobelt
• ”Multi-orderpicking” small items from miniload stations
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Case Stories Production start: 2004 Segment: Food Material handling category: Sorting facility with 8 picking robots. Floor storage with MultiPick storage system. MHE: 3 Id-stations for goods receiving from Hilton production, one id-station for receiving external goods. 8 robots for stack sorting. Two stackers for dolly stacking. Host: LS (file transfer) Delivered system level: WMS Data: 1600 dollies delivered / day 6000 stacks received / day
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Case Stories Production start: 2009 Segment: Retail (Car spare parts) Material handling category: Miniload storage with picking facade and multi order pick stations + Kardex shuttle and manual warehouse. MHE: 5 miniload cranes with triple deep/triple handling, conveyor system and 5 pick stations equipped with Pick-To-Display, 3 Kardex shuttles connected to picking station. 8 facade picking zones. Host: Movex (XML - file transfer) Delivered system level: WMS+WCS Data: 120.000 article numbers 30.000 locations in manual area 55.000 locations in Kardex shuttles 100.000 locations in miniload cranes
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Case Stories Warehouse solution: Man-to-Goods pallet warehouse Manual picking (fork lifts) for large items and AA-(volume)-articles.
Zone picking Picking from facade with automatic replenishment by miniload, small A-articles.
Goods-to-Man Station picking from miniload and shuttle, small B- and C-articles.
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Case Stories Goods reception: • Pre adviced from Host • Registration of received goods • Traceability • Labeling of goods • Reports to Host Boxing/Storage: • 4 stations for miniload + fork lifts • Empty totes, 2 heights • Location management in Kardex shuttles • Confirmation to Host
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Case Stories Order picking: • Multi-orderpicking • Traceability • Labeling • Confirmation to Host Miniload: • 4 picking stations (multi pick-to-locations) • Plastic tote target • Pick-to-Display • Syncronized with picking facade
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Case Stories Kardex picking: • From miniload station 1, combined with miniload • Plastic tote target • Pick-to-Display
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Case Stories Picking facade: • Automatic order start • Plastic tote target • Pick-to-Display
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Case Stories Manual warehouse: • Terminal picking • Managed by the mission menu • Åkerströms TRUX
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Case Stories Packing and shipping: • Consolidaition for small item • Transport label • Delivery note • Staging area management • Shipping
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Case Stories Production start: 2010 Segment: Distribution center (books) Material handling category: OSR, shuttle based storage solution with high speed picking. MHE: 3 aisles with shuttles on each shelf level, conveyor system and end-of-line handling of picked goods, automatic order start. 15.000 locations. Host: Dynamics Axapta (XML via file transfer) Delivered system level: 2 WCS (OSR and EOL system) Data: 3400 books picked / hour at 2 picking stations.
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Case Stories Infeed stations • Empty tote conveyors • Registration of goods • Compartments used : 1,2,4 • Weight control
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Case Stories Picking • Automatic order start • Picking is performed to plastic totes • Picking totes : 1,2,4
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Case Stories End of line • Transport control of picked cartons • Weight control • ”Value added service” • Delivery note station • Sort cartons into shutes depending on tour and delivery time
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Case Stories Production start: 2013 Segment: Automotive Truck engines (Heat treatment of gear wheels) Material handling category: Pallet and rack storage. MHE: 1 pallet / rack crane with double deep (half pallets), conveyor system and 1 robot station for building and tearing charges for heat treatment. 288 locations for racks, 205 locations for full pallets or 410 locations for half pallets. Host: EHB-AS (XML-WebSphere MQ) Delivered system level: WCS + Sequencing module
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Case Stories Layout: • Pallets in / out • Racks in / out • Robot station • Crane
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