three distribution centers for the food retail industry - SSI SCHÄFER

THREE DISTRIBUTION
CENTERS FOR THE FOOD
RETAIL INDUSTRY
Case Study
Nestlé Deutschland AG
Projects:
– Weiding
– Singen
– Lüdinghausen

Automated guided vehicle
PROJECT NESTLÉ
NORDRHEIN-
WESTFALEN
RHEINLAND-PFALZ
SAAR-
LAND
BREMEN
Lüdinghausen
HESSEN
BADEN-
WÜRTENBERG
SCHLESWIG-
HOLSTEIN
NIEDERSACHSEN
Singen
HAMBURG
THÜRINGEN
HBW, double-deep, double-high storage with SRM and conveyor system
SACHSEN-
ANHALT
Weiding
BAYERN
MECKLENBURG-
VORPOMMERN
BRANDENBURG
SACHSEN
Before After
Berlin
Project objective
Centralization of distribution structures
Savings on warehousing costs and personnel
Increase in delivery quality
Centralization of distribution and delivery
High availability of items
Integration of existing high bay warehouses
Our scope of supply and services
Planning and simulation with real order data
Best practice solution implemented through
economic efficiency calculation and financing
concept
Contract works and foundation measures
Silo-type high bay warehouse with SRM
Pallet conveyor system
Visualization
Material flow and order-picking control /
forklift control system
Warehouse management and control system
Maintenance and service
Location Weiding Singen Lüdinghausen
Operator Forwarder Dirks Forwarder Ansorge Forwarder Geodis
Square footage 13,500 m 2 14,100 m 2 17,900 m 2
Goods shipped/day 50 trucks 80 trucks 70 trucks
High bay warehouse (HBW)
L x W x H 110 x 36 x 30 m 93 x 51 x 29 m 135 x 37 x 27 m
Loading aids Euro pallets
Storage locations 24,000 44,800 30,700
Weight 1,250 kg 1,250 kg 1,250 kg
Type of storage double-deep, double-high
Storage and retrieval machine (SRM)
Quantity SRM / aisles 5 / 5 7 / 7 9 / 9
Load-carrying device Telescopic fork
Throughput 2,860 PU/day 3,735 PU/day 3,700 PU/day

Reduction in distribution costs thanks to four
central distribution centers for all of Germany
In order to bring the different Nestlé food brands
promptly and efficiently from the many production
facilities to consumers all across Germany,
SSI Schäfer was assigned the task of reorganizing
the distribution of goods.
Initial situation: 19 plant warehouses, 33 off-premise
warehouses, and 12 regional distribution centers
with out-of-stock situations required frequent supply
transports.
A reserve inventory for some two weeks and a total
inventory of 370,000 pallets necessitated a completely
new logistics concept. Three distribution centers
of partner forwarders are supplied from the different
plants and deliver foodstuffs to hubs or directly to
grocery stores.
The high performance is achieved by double-deep
storage in the HBW, the automatic material transport
system in the order-picking area, and, last but
not least, by the warehouse management system.
Pallet conveyor system
Components Roller conveyor, chain conveyor,
vertical conveyor, lifting
transfer unit, turntable with
integrated roller conveyor 90°,
shuttle vehicle
Order-picking area / shipping area
Components Order-picking vehicles
with mobile terminal
Replenishment vehicles
Paperless order picking,
constant access to 500 items
Automated guided vehicle
Gravity roller conveyors
Warehouse management system
Computer hardware HP 9000
Operating system Unix
Database system Oracle
WMS software
Functionalities System visualization and
diagnosis system
Automatic scanner and
labeling systems
MLC and central control desk
Storage location management
(HBW and order-picking area)
Material flow control
Order-picking and forklift
control system
Order management, material
planning, and automatic
replenishment control
Sorting and optimization of pallets
ready for dispatch
Dispatch control
Inventory, statistics
Pallet de-stacking
PROJECT NESTLÉ
Order-picking lines are supplied with pallets from the HBW
using a vertical conveyor and MTS
Paperless order picking with mobile terminal
Outgoing goods / shipping area

General contracting
Planning and consulting
Warehouse management system
Control system
Steel structure / racking systems
Storage and retrieval machines
Conveyor system
Service and maintenance
SSI Schäfer Noell GmbH i_Park Klingholz 18/19
D-97232 Giebelstadt
Distribution center Weiding
Operator: Forwarder Dirks
Distribution center Singen
Operator: Forwarder Ansorge
Distribution center Lüdinghausen
Operator: Forwarder Geodis
Phone: +49/93 34/979-0
Fax: +49/93 34/979-100
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Any liability for misprints excluded. Translation: Manuela Ellebruch.