Picking route reduced by 75%
February 1st 2008 Spaceway has completed
the fit-out of Liz Earle Beauty
Co's new distribution centre,
which encompasses 196m2
of warehousing and a 102m2
picking and production area.
Comprising high bay pallet
and carton live racking,
shelving containers and work
stations, the warehouse
section has been designed by
Spaceway to provide the
maximum number of pallet
locations. To segregate order
picking from forklift
operations, Spaceway used a
BITO pallet live picking tunnel
with carton live storage
below.
When it came to designing
the picking and production
area, Spaceway decided that
BITO carton live
would provide a
short picking route,
take up less space
and aid stock
rotation.
The existing
picking system
comprised single
box depth with multiple
locations for the same
product, resulting in long
picking aisles making it
difficult to rotate stock. The
new system incorporates
BITO carton live shelving for
140 of the fast moving
product lines each four
cartons deep. The system in
contained within a picking
aisle of just 12m long with
560 cartons worth of stock
immediately available.
"One of the main issues of
Liz Earle's old site was the
travel distances involved
when order picking," said
Charlie Jeary, sales manager,
storage division. "Previously
the stock required a picking
route of 48m. Now we have
reduced the travel distance
by 75%." More articles from The Spaceway Group: | 
