benchmark BRIEFINGSSITEFinning (Canada),Edmonton, AlbertaAPPLICATIONRepair parts distribution forphone, e-commerce, andwalk-in orders.EQUIPMENTHorizontalEight horizontal carouselsdual tiered into two clusters Carousel Systemusing a mezzanine.IncreasesSUMMARY Throughput By 344% 344% increased efficienciesallow business to increase In Repair Partsby 32.6% with less than 1% mis-picks and delivery Distributionwhile customers wait ordelivered within 12 hours. CenterAn AS/RS system and drawer cabinet system were upgraded to horizontal carousels.To speed implementation time, the cabinets full of parts were originally mounted onthe lower halves of the carriers since thousands of parts and their locations werealready programmed into the software system. Finning (Canada) sells, rents, productivity fell because too many Most Parts in the Carouselsfinances and provides customer man-hours were being wasted Approximately 32,000 line itemsFsupport services for Caterpillar and waiting to retrieve and replenish parts. of the distribution center’s 55,000 linecomplementary equipment. Parts also couldn’t be picked fast items, or 58% are located on theFinning maintains on hand enough at peak times.” carousels. The remaining 42% arewithin its single parts distribution cen- stored primarily in pallet racking andCarousels Automate the ter in, some 55,000 line items — tiny in several aisles of storage rack servedPicking Processnuts and bolts to heavy diesel ...
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