Plum contract completed ahead of schedule
October 1st 2007 Acting as main contractor
and project integrator for
design, construction,
installation and
commissioning of all
handling and storage
systems, FKI Logistex has
helped plumbing and
building merchant,
Wolseley UK, set new
standards in logistics operations with its
automated, state-of-the-art
national distribution centre
in Royal Leamington Spa.
Handed over ahead of
schedule, the NDC is the
flagship of an ongoing
£100m investment
programme. It creates
additional capacity to meet
plans to double the business
over 5 to7 years, while it
reduces costs and drives
inventory out of the branch
network.
Running a month ahead
of the agreed contractual
date, Building A is linked to
Building B by a high-level
bridge, fitted by FKI Logistex
with conveyors to transfer
totes between buildings.
Building A has 4000 wide
aisle storage locations to
provide large item picking,
with 18 000 narrow aisle
storage locations designed
for pallet picking. Products
with low stockholding
levels are stored using
multi-level long span
shelving. An extensive
mezzanine provides areas
for added value processes
and tote decanting of small
items from receipt.
Capable of picking
30 000 order lines per day,
Building B holds tote
storage using FKI Logistex
mini-load ASR and highspeed
machines for goods
to man picking, serviced by
a combined picking loop on
an intermediate mezzanine
that is serviced by an
extensive arterial tote
conveyor network, also
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