Warehouse Management a73 Success story
Spanish supermarket chain
Mercadona
trusts in Witron
expertise
More than 50 international guests visiting the
outskirts of Madrid were given an insight into one
of the most efficient distribution centres in Europe.
The Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona chose
the Witron Logistics Day as the occasion to open
its doors for the first time to logistics experts from
trade and industry, writes Thomas Wöhrle,
Optimal networking of the individual warehouse areas by
conveyor system.
journalist, Karlsruhe.
ercadona is a One advantage of the DPS is the The picking output at the DPS holistic approach,” commented
M
fast-growing static and dynamic staging of workstations is around 500 picks Helmut Prieschenk, CEO of Witron.
company in articles in the picking front, with tote per workstation per hour. On peak “The rollout involves integrated
Spain, supplying replacement carried out entirely days, over 920,000 trade units Witron modules that have been
around 4 million by stacker cranes. The automated are delivered from Ciempozuelos tailored to Mercadona’s individual
households with articles from the storage, stacking and consolidation to Mercadona stores throughout needs.” Mercadona uses Witron
dry as well as the fresh and of full pallets, half pallets and the greater Madrid area and in as a kind of logistical standard.
frozen goods ranges – a figure quarter pallets is optimised with neighbouring regions. We focus very strongly on the
that continues to rise. To make the Pallet Storage – Stacking economic benefit to our clients.
this happen, over 1200 stores Machinery (PSSM) module. The With Mercadona, the costs per
within Spain have to be supplied plant’s picking speed is impressive.
Holistic approach
cubic metre of delivered goods
with goods quickly, efficiently and For example, up to 470 trade are the crucial figure.” These
at minimal cost. The logistical units per COM per hour are The managers on both sides are costs have fallen continuously
centrepiece for Mercadona is picked with the OPM system. A extremely satisfied with the nature since the company began
the Ciempozuelos distribution total of 76 COM machines have and quality of the collaboration. collaborating with Witron in 2004
centre outside the gates to been installed in Ciempozuelos. “With Mercadona we follow a – currently more than 98 per >>
Madrid. The central logistics
element at the Ciempozuelos site
is the Order Picking Machinery
(OPM). With OPM, Witron
provides a fully integrated
automated warehouse and order
picking solution, from goods
receipt through to dispatch, with
store-friendly order pallets being
produced both in the dry goods
range and in the fresh and frozen
foods sections without deploying
any staff whatsoever. Small-
volume articles are picked using
Mercadona is regarded as one of the most expansive companies in the food retailing industry. During a recent
totes with the Dynamic Picking
visit, over 50 logistics experts from all over Europe learned about the innovative logistics solutions in the
company’s distribution centre in Ciempozuelos.
System (DPS).
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