Warehouse Management a73 Success story
Savoye
automates French
clothing giant Kiabi
utomated warehouse
A
solution provider,
Kiabi continues to grow as a
Savoye Logistics, company, and therefore required
has been chosen by
a warehouse solution that would
allow flexibility to match demand
the French clothing
but also cater for future growth.
giant, Kiabi, to supply a complete
automated solution for its new
Lauwin-Planque site in Northern
France. The 66,000m2 site has which it is already well-established,
been developed to store and with a number of installations
distribute the fashion retailer’s throughout the world, including:
flat garments to its 250 outlets Chantelle, Petit Bateau, Aubade,
in France, Italy, Spain, and soon Columbia Sportswear, Sportmaster,
Romania and Russia. Jennyfer, Xanaka, and the Obaïbi
and Okaïdi brands. circlesolid
Continued growth
Savoye at a glance
Established approximately 40
kilometres from the company’s continue until 2011 with the first achieved its return on investment
Savoye provides logistic
headquarters in Hem, Nord-Pas high-rate Bomb-Bay sorting target, Savoye employed its
engineering solutions
worldwide. It has 550
de Calais, the warehouse will machine being installed at the bespoke simulation software to
employees, including
feature storage, sorting and end of the year and a second assess the whole process, function
system engineers and IT
software installations from one, following close on its heels, by function. Elliott continued: “Our
specialists who respond to
Savoye; including, eight double next year. solution took into account the
the customers’ problems by
depth miniloads, shuttle cages constraints inherent within the
designing and implementing
and two high rate sorting These rapid sorters will be fed fashion sector: a very high flow of
IT solutions and automated
machines, driven by Savoye’s from the shuttle cages and work goods transported via different
systems. Three key aspects
WMS system. Martin Elliott, on the principle of a trap door, warehouses, multiple sourcing
characterise the company’s
Savoye’s UK sales manager, which opens to deposit the and sales channels, sorting loose
know-how and experience:
commented that Kiabi continues garment in the container. Each products, dispatches in bags
knowledge of logistic
to grow as a company, and machine will sort 21,600 garments with out cardboard over packing.
requirements relating to the
required a warehouse solution an hour and will have more than A number of different scenarios
customers’ specialisations;
that would allow flexibility to 600 destinations. Ultimately, over were submitted to Kiabi to ensure integration, execution and
match demand but also cater for 150 million items should be that we created an integrated service; development of
future growth. processed in this way at the solution that met its exact software dedicated to the
Lauwin-Planque platform. specification, but also maintained
supply chain and the design
The new system began operation a user-friendliness and easy
of intelligent machines.
in September this year and will adaptation to the current operation.”
Savoye is a division of the
have a maximum rate of 1800
Inherent constraints
Legris Industries group,
boxes an hour, allowing the The new contract further
contracting-manufacturing
storage of over 110,000 boxes. To ensure maximum productivity strengthens Savoye’s presence in
group for selected markets.
The installation of the solution will and that the implementation the textile industry, a sector in
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