Warehouse Management a73 Success story
Witron presents the SRS System
he focus of Witron’s restocking the shelves, designing vision of expanding a mechanized replenishment system especially
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2008 press conference the facing, and managing the supply chain through to the racks beneficial.”
was not only the out-of-stock situations. of a shop,” continued Schlosser.
second generation All sales items in SRS are carried
of its Order Picking According to Witron, out-of-stock’ and pushed carefully by means of
Machinery (OPM), but also its
Maturity
problems will “soon be a thing of slat conveyors, belt conveyors or
new fully-automated Shelf the past” due to the SRS system push-off devices – similar to Witron’s
Replenishment System (SRS) to “From a technical point of view, and due to the direct integration OPM system. The goods are
be used for efficient replenishment the new system is absolutely of SRS and sale systems. Witron silently transported by shuttles in
inside a store. Moreover, Witron matured and a first pilot installation reports that the symmetric a replenishment aisle that is
announced that it will develop is on the way,” said Witron alignment of products in each directly integrated into the shelf
and produce tote conveyor authorised signatory Ulrich rack, as well as free aisles that and therefore invisible to the
systems in its own production Schlosser. Witron is currently in are not blocked by replenishment customer. The sales front consists
facility in Parkstein and contact with existing customers works, increases the attractiveness of passive shelves without sensor
Saarbrücken in the future. With and a shelf producer, and the first of the store for the end customer. technology with a specific drive
SRS, Witron provides a new practical use of SRS in a store is Witron CEO Helmut Prieschenk system. The shelf stock is auto -
solution with the goal of effectively planned to start this year. The goal commented: “The transport of matically registered by means of
reducing labour costs and is to determine the acceptance by pallets or roll containers in the a scanner that is located on the
optimising the processes in food the end customer, the availability store to the replenishment shuttle, allowing the system to
retail stores. Such a solution of the solution during the daily positions will not be required directly determine the replenishment
is important considering the business, the reaction of the anymore. The trend in retail is volume in the shelf. Replenishment
magnitude of the logistics cost system on different situations of a towards larger stores and is carried out by the system
generated at the point of sale due shopping day, and the verification wider assortments, and that without human intervention, without
to high personnel expenditures for of profitability. “For us, this is the makes a fully automated shelf- the customer taking notice. circlesolid
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