Home Bargains launches next-gen £400 million automated DC
The discount retailer has officially opened the St Helens facility.
The discount retailer has officially opened the St Helens facility.
Witron has introduced dynamic and modular solutions designed to tackle fast-evolving challenges in eCommerce and fresh food logistics.
The integrator now has more than 1,000 employees in the US and Canada and is responsible for logistics projects in the food, non-food, spare parts, and medical technology market.
Retailers and their logistics departments are facing many challenges – from AI to Greta Thunberg. Automation player Witron examines further.
An Australian food retailer is to build two ambient automated logistics centres with Witron.
The cost-efficiency of a high-performance AS/RS crane is not only demonstrated by its speed, payload or low power consumption, says Witron. Intelligent control is ultimately decisive.
Wholesaler poised to improve picking performance by 30% with expanded automated warehouse system from Witron.
A dynamic picking system from Witron will be used for the highly dynamic and semi-automatic picking of small parts in the dry goods assortment.
WITRON has introduced a number of innovative order picking developments.
With OFP (Optimal Fresh Picking), Witron has applied for a patent that combines all applications of efficient fresh food logistics in one system.
Many automated logistics systems run nearly 365 days a year and usually around the clock, making maintenance a key issue says Witron.
Norwegian food retailer REMA 1000 awarded Witron an order for kitting out a distribution centre in Norway.
Pick front reduction and ergonomics boost convinced Scandinavian food discounter to select Witron for logistics centre automation.
Numerous food retail logistics experts from Belgium, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and Scandinavia were introduced to the newly developed Box Order System (BOS) in the course of an Expert Day at WITRON’s headquarters in Germany.
The installation will showcase leading-edge, cost-efficient logistics for perishable products.
US food retailer Kroger has partnered with Witron for nine projects over 15 years. The latest saw Witron reconfigure a huge DC.
With revenue of $98 billion US dollars and 375,000 employees, the food retailer The Kroger Co, headquartered in Cincinnati, is one of the largest retailers in the world.
Control and automation technology manufacturer FESTO will open a 161,500 sq ft production, service and logistics centre in the USA in 2015.
Systems integrator Witron has boosted sales and workforce over the past year.