Performance at full height
Avasco Industries receives fully automated high-bay warehouse
Jungheinrich is implementing a fully automated high-bay warehouse with 22,000 pallet spaces for Avasco, a sheet metal processing specialist based in Belgium, including the entire material handling system: from racks and stacker cranes to conveyor technology and a Warehouse Control System (WCS).
Challenges
- Create missing storage capacity in order to utilise existing production capacity
- Different pallets with four basic dimensions and two heights
- Eliminate the need for external storage of manufactured parts
- Vertical expansion of the limited available space (2,500 m²)
- Maintain flexibility while creating room for future growth
Solutions
- Fully automated high-bay warehouse with 22,000 pallet spaces
- 36-metre-high high-bay warehouse with space for pallets of different sizes
- Jungheinrich racking, stacker cranes and conveyor technology
- Warehouse Control System (WCS) for seamless connection to the in-house ERP and WMS system
Successes
- Lean and consistent production thanks to the elimination of enormous production peaks
- Optimised internal logistics processes ensure higher delivery reliability
- Delivery from stock – for greater continuity and reliability for customers
- No more time lost due to production changeovers to larger batches
- More resources for the development and production of new products
Avasco Industries in a nutshell:
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