Supply Chain Fulfilment System - Case Studies

Bosch UK Ltd - Denham - Uxbridge

With a requirement to distribute 12 million individual items per month Bosch UK Ltd turned to Welconstruct to provide supply chain assistance.

Welconstruct provided a complete fulfilment system at the 16,600 sq m facility, including shelving, racking, a mezzanine floor and a state of the art automated conveyor system.

The facility contains over 49,000 different lines which are stored on Welconstruct pallet racking and shelving, on both floors of the facility. The conveyor control system integrates with Bosch's host computer and is supplied with the information needed for each pick. The pick list is placed in a bar coded tote and released into the system.

As a tote passes a bar code reader at the start of each picking zone, a decision is made by the system as to whether to allow it into the zone or not. If the zone is busy it will move on to the next, to return to the former zone later in the pick.

When a tote enters a picking zone, the pick attaches it to a specially designed trolley and picks items from the racking and shelving. Each item is scanned as it is picked in order to update Bosch's host computer. At the end of the pick, the tote is routed automatically to the picking area ready for dispatch.

Bespoke computer screens enable the operators to easily determine the status of the pick, efficiency of each zone, the pick rates and pick times, ensuring efficient stock control and order fulfilment.

Screwfix Direct Ltd - Leicester and Yeovil

Screwfix Direct Ltd, a company specializing in the supply of products to DIY enthusiasts and to the building trade, has streamlined it operations at its new distribution facility in Leicester, with the introduction of a new conveyor system from Welconstruct.

As the new facility deals with more than 3000 orders a day, it is vital that stock levels are maintained efficiently. Speed of response is also fundamental, as phone and internet orders are normally delivered the next working day.

Screwfix appointed Welconstruct to provide a conveying solution which would meet these requirements.

Having worked with Screwfix at their operations centre in Yeovil, Welconstruct were able to draw from previous experience. They installed a system where products destined to replenish stocks are placed in bar coded tote bins, and transported around the facility by powered roller conveyors. The conveyor system software reads the bar codes and interfaces with the screwfix host computer to identify the finished location for the delivery of the tote bin.

The products are then placed in live storage racking from where order pickers manually select the items they need. In addition to the main stock replenishing conveyor, Welconstruct installed roller conveyors for the packing lines, the packing benches (featuring roller balls for easy product manoeuvre), and racking which accommodates packaging materials and PC terminals.

Martin Brickell, Screwfix Leicester Site Manager, commented "Screwfix have achieved phenomenal growth year on year, so the reliability of our systems is vital. The Leicester system is as far as possible a mirror system of Yeovil because it is a system which we knew we could trust."


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