MATERIALS HANDLING
Tom Gowans added, “Part of the strategy for this project was to achieve a culture change within our company and to bring our four divisions closer, with the strapline ‘Work Together to Grow Together’. “This also perfectly describes the strengthening relationship
A view of the outside of the Oldbury facility, showing the cladded KASTO tower warehouse at the rear rising 6 metres above the nine-metre roof line of the original building.
The overhead gantry crane delivering a cassette of steel to one of the output buff er stations.
system, which includes Idox information management software. It has created a largely paperless working environment, with inventory management and 100 per cent material traceability provided from material purchase to sale. Data input to the system is via barcodes or numeric product coding, or by length and / or weight
of material.
Mike Hickman, operations manager at Bohler-Uddeholm (UK) said, “Throughout the installation of the automated warehouse, the inter-company co- operation between us and KASTO in mechanical design, bespoke IT solutions, installation, training and back up has been excellent.”
between our management and operational staff and the KASTO implementation teams both in the UK and Germany.” As a footnote, Ernst Wagner, managing director of KASTO in Milton Keynes explained, “All our products, including sawing machines as well as storage systems, are built in-house by us in our two German factories, ensuring on-time, accurate, trouble-free turnkey handover. “We have installed around
1,750 systems worldwide in the warehousing sector over the last 25 years and it is noteworthy that they have been bought by around 650 customers. In other words, once a company buys such a system, they often go on to buy two, three, four or more, as the benefi ts become clear very quickly.
“Particularly in the UK, where land and building costs are high, the benefi ts of 3D storage in towers are massive, freeing up areas for other activities and perhaps even avoiding or delaying the need for the user to relocate. Overlaid on these advantages is a reduction in operational costs through improved logistics.”
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