Pick Large Units With Ease Using A Hybrid Racking System
A family-owned truck company in Omaha, Nebraska who specializes in truck sales, service and parts needed a new facility. As one of the largest freightliner dealerships in America, they needed to increase efficiency and were looking to consolidate their Omaha locations into one facility - including a body shop, training area, repair shop and warehouse.
They needed an efficient warehouse space to pick and distribute large products such as brake shoes and truck clutches to multiple branches across Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas. Partnering with Riekes during the building phase, allowed the company use untapped cubic storage and improve productivity.
INITIAL CHALLENGE
A full-service freightliner company was building a new facility including a warehouse for distributing large products to multiple branches. They needed help designing a racking system to maximize storage and pick products more efficiently. They knew there was a better way to store and order pick large products than the static pallet racks they were using currently.
OUR SOLUTION
Riekes designed a racking concept that allowed the customer to stock bulk products from one side of the rack while order picking from the other side without the use of a forklift - simply by using an ASRS system. This automated retrieval system is a three-deep hybrid rack that uses pushback flow on the upper level and pallet flow on the bottom level.
THE RESULTS
The customer saw an immediate time-saving benefit by reducing the need for forklifts, resulting in higher efficiency of picking large items. Additionally, they optimized their cubic space by installing storage above the rack to maximize floor space, increased the number of picking locations. This equiped the customer’s warehouse with everything they need to keep their branches stocked and to operate at peak efficiency while controlling long-term operating costs.