
Implementation of a continuous and automatic transport system connecting all the floors
PAVI-Groupauto tripling its surface area through the construction of two raised floors
The needs of PAVI required the construction of a warehouse capable of storing a large number of SKUs of varying dimensions and characteristics, as well as being low consumption. To do this, a storage system was needed that offered optimal use of the surface area, as well as being highly flexible and allowing direct access to any product. The main objective of the company was thus met: rapid service for its customers.
The need to maximise the size of the warehouse and the fact that most of the orders consist of very few units and different SKUs led Mecalux to propose and install the following solution:
All of this is controlled using the Mecalux Easy WMS warehouse management system.
Ground floor
The ground floor is dedicated to bulkier products with direct picking and does not require the use of conveyors. Also, the high consumption products are stored here, for which picking stations have been prepared adjacent to the conveyor belts.
Second and third floor
The second and third floors of the PAVI warehouse have a very similar distribution and products of identical size are stored on both of them.
In addition, the conveyor circuit on these two floors runs along the main aisle, with the order picking finishing on the top floor.
Preparation and consolidation of orders
Roller tables have been set up and attached to both sides of the conveyors on different parts of each floor in order to collect the boxes containing unfinished orders and serving at the same time as picking stations. Through the three floors, ten picking stations have been set up, each one corresponding to a different area or sector in the warehouse.
The boxes, once the part of the order assigned to a zone has been put together or completed, are placed on the main conveyor circuit to be transferred to the stations in other areas or to the sorting area.
The circuit descends along conveyor belts from the third floor to the bottom floor, where the classification and consolidation of orders is performed.
In this area, the operators check, pack and draw up the packing list and the shipping labels of the orders.To complete the operation, there are packing boxes of different sizes, prep tables, computers and printers.
Easy WMS: Warehouse Management System
The Mecalux Easy WMS (Warehouse Management System) is responsible, among other things, for managing all the incoming processes, choosing the location where the goods are received, controlling the stock, designating the picking functions to be performed by each operator, executing the movement of the boxes and sending the orders via computer terminals.
The program for controlling the conveyors is connected to the WMS itself in order to ensure the efficient transport and allocation of boxes, eliminating human error and reducing PAVI’s personnel costs.
Warehouse in Saint-Priest, Lyon | |
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No. of floors:: | 3 |
Surface area per floor:: | 2,000 m² |
Total surface area occupied:: | 6,000 m² |
Access stairs:: | 6 |
Conveyor length (in metres):: | 800 m |
Picking stations:: | 10 |
Automatic order sorters:: | 4 |
Total no. of SKUs stored:: | 50,000 |
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