Excerpt from: Europe Supply Chain and Logistics Strategy
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| November 20, 2007 | | Improved throughput, operating efficiencies, stock management, and cost savings were realized from an automated warehouse. Can you benefit from a fully automated warehouse? | Coca-Cola’s Edmonton’s production center will be have a storage facility that contains over 25,000 pallet locations. This is the first time that the center will provide on-site storage which will reduce shipments to local warehouses for storage of the product and reduce handling costs. The automated warehouse can receive 200 pallets and dispatch 300 pallets every hour. The warehouse will be able to absorb the increased forecast for Coco-cola. In addition, the site will hold “retail-ready” plastic pallets. This warehouse is the most modern out of the six UK-based warehouses and DCs. It took over 2 years to build and be fully operational. This is a huge implementation process and large investment; however, the increase in efficiencies, storage management, and cost savings will give Coca-cola a quick ROI. | | |
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