Direct carton handling

INITIAL SITUATION

After a major fire, Wiesenhof had to rebuild its entire warehouse. The automated solution ensures an increase in output of poultry meat distribution as well the highest availability and flexibility due to the use of innovative automation technology.  

SOLUTION & MATERIAL FLOW

• GOODS RECEIPT AND STORAGE
  Products from in-house production as well as external goods are consolidated in the distribution center. Depending on the requirements, the external pallets are transported to the pallet high-bay warehouse or are depalletized directly.
• ORDER PICKING
  Poultry products from in-house production as well as external products are either sent to the automated palletizing station right away, where three gantry robots palletize up to 16 SKUs in parallel, or are transported onward to the dynamic picking buffer (shuttle warehouse). Non-mixed pallets can also be stored in the pallet warehouse based on the respective order, and from there either go to non-mixed negative picking with the aid of depalletizing robots or directly to the goods issue area. 
• SHIPPING
  The customer pallets are sorted and made available using route grouping by means of the automated goods issue buffer. 

HIGHLIGHTS

• The TGW Warehouse Software  controls all processes at the distribution center.
• Layer palletizing is a special highlight of Wiesenhof's fulfillment solution. The items are palletized with the aid of gantry robots for shop replenishment.