Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG relies on our warehouse management system PSIwms to optimize storage and picking processes according to product-specific strategies in the central logistics center in Obersontheim, Germany. The efficiency of order picking has considerably increased since its realization in 2012.
Industry: Industry & Production
Warehouse location: Obersontheim, Germany
Employees: over 13,000 employees worldwide
"Thought-through material flows, state-of-the-art automation systems and an intelligent warehouse management system – with the new logistics center we wanted to improve our previous order picking performance of 750 order items per hour to 1,500 items."
Roland Fahrmeier
Head of Logistics Management | implementation period 7/2012
Over 71,000 spare parts and more than 6,000 accessories are stored in the central logistics center in Obersontheim, Germany. From there, the cleaning equipment manufacturer supplies its worldwide customers and more than 120 companies with spare parts and accessories. The order execution of such a diverse product range requires special efficiency from internal logistics. However, both the storage capacities and the connected logistics processes could no longer keep up with the company‘s growth. As a result, the company worked with an external consultancy firm to develop a new warehouse concept. In addition to site consolidation, the solution modules also included the introduction of modern process automation and order picking based on the “goods-to-man” principle, and the implementation of a new warehouse management system to control and manage processes.
Deployed software: PSIwms
Year of implementation: 2012
Realized interfaces:
ERP system (SAP), Ship-ping system, Material flow computer/material flow system, Pick-by-voice system, Order picking system
The old high-bay warehouse (HRL) with 8,000 storage locations is now used as a replenishment warehouse. In 2012, a new fully automated, five-aisle high bay warehouse with 15,400 pallet spaces and an eight-aisle automated small parts warehouse with 85,000 container spaces were built. A block storage system with capacity for 6,500 locations is used for picking medium-sized items from pallets and mesh boxes. A wide-aisle warehouse with 6,200 pallet spaces and an order picking system with 130 spaces is available for fast-moving items. A special feature: the two-aisle, shuttle-operated consolidation buffer with 5,400 container storage locations.
PSIwms handles inventory management and administration as well as the control of complex storage and order processes (his includes, e.g., the determination of storage areas and locations as well as the transport unit, the calculation of storage routes and processes or the transmission of work orders to the device controls – in an order-optimized manner). Pick-by-voice and pick-by-light technology are integrated to ensure quality and increase picking performance.
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