Feature Pallets, palletisers & pallet handling Pallet racking modified for live storage
SSI Schaefer has modified an existing pallet racking installation to include live storage to support the continued logistics and service improvements at Maco Door & Window Hardware (UK)
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anufacturer of door and window hardware, Maco, houses over £2 million worth of dedicated stock within its high-tech, high-bay warehouse unit in Sittingbourne, Kent, designed and installed by SSI Schaefer in 2000. Having previously worked with SSI Schaefer to supply its warehouse com- plete with PR600 pallet racking, Maco was confident in calling SSI Schaefer back in.
Originally installed for selling bulk quantities to its customer base, Maco is driving change to provide customer ori- ented, service focused supply, offering flexibility to a larger number of cus- tomers. Requiring a higher density stor- age system for box picked items (hardware for windows and doors), pre- viously picked by the pallet, a revised
operation was needed to fulfil the orders. Following a trial of Maco’s prod- ucts at SSI Schaefer’s demo room in Andover, KDR Live Storage was chosen. KDR is a versatile live storage shelving system – secure and stable upright frames combined with reinforcing cross beams form a ‘racking frame’ to house entire flow bed units. The flow beds can be modified quickly and without screws using adjustable hooks. In this instance, the KDR flow beds were easily incorporated into the existing pallet racking system allowing the previous ground floor bulk pallet locations to be used as push back stor- age. The number of ground floor manual picking locations has increased with a greater depth of stock for each. Full pallet locations are still maintained at higher levels.
SSI Schaefer has modified a pallet racking system for Maco Door & Window Harware to include live storage
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Kevin Whiting, managing director of Maco UK, says: “Having used SSI Schaefer to supply the original pallet racking, we were confident of their known expertise in this area. We urgently needed a solution that contin- ued to cater for our bulk pick orders whilst managing our smaller orders efficiently – the KDR system, attached directly to the pallet racking allows us to effectively pick and pack one or two boxes only from a particular storage location without having to enter the bulk storage high bay area.”
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