For 20/20 warehouse vision
April 1st 2007 Needing to turn an 11,000m2 shell into a hitech central distribution centre, CooperVision, the world's third largest contact lens maker, sought out the Spaceway Group. Comprising high bay pallet racking, carton live racking integrated with a Knapp automated conveyor system, two-tier warehouse offices complete with integral mezzanine floor and labelling for over 100,000 pallet locations, Spaceway divided the area into two sections. Section one included the installation of high bay pallet racking in two areas with the layout designed to accommodate a VNA manup forklift. To meet insurance requirements relating to sprinkler systems, section two was fitted out with mesh decking to accommodate the storage and picking of cartons. Anti-collapse mesh was fitted to the pallet racking in areas of concentrated pedestrian activity to prevent items falling on employees. To accommodate the fastest moving lines amounting to 3,000 stock keeping units (sku's), BITO carton live racking was designed and installed to integrate with an automated Knapp conveyor system to transport picked items to the packaging and despatch areas. Finally, Spaceway installed 100,000 labels in both areas of the warehouse to provide racking identification, bin locations and equipment. More articles from The Spaceway Group: | 
