Logistics and warehouse automation consultingLogistics as a competitive factor
A shortage of skilled workers, the requirement to guarantee high, predictable process quality and availability of resources over time, rapid response to market fluctuations and a high level of innovation to ensure competitiveness are permanent challenges for companies.
Do you also have to face these issues? Do your local and product-specific conditions also require individual solutions?
Our expertise offers you a tailor-made solution from the portfolio of various system providers. With the aim of designing logistically optimized processes, we network the planned and existing different components from warehouse and transport technology in communication and interaction. Efficient control of an automated process landscape requires an integrated warehouse management system consulting in conjunction with a material flow system.
With our extensive logistics expertise, we support you as a supplier-neutral consulting company in conceptual design and planning so that all material flows, from incoming goods to storage, order picking and goods receipt, flow fully automatically through your company in the future.
Your added valueYour added value from automation solutions in intralogistics:
- Minimization of transport, storage and handling costs
- Significant increase in storage capacity in the same space
- Optimized area productivity
- Increased efficiency and shorter process throughput times
- Availability of resources 7/24
- Reduction in the error rate
- Increased planning quality and adherence to delivery dates
- Reduced stock levels
Automation technologies and automation systemsWe incorporate modern technologies and systems into your individual solutions.
Automated guided vehicles (AGV)
The selection of different AGV systems and system providers offers tailor-made solutions for automating in-house transportation. We support you in the concept development and implementation of your individual AGV solutions.
Automated small parts warehouses (AKL)
We design and bring the economic application possibilities of the various systems such as AutoStore, RGBs, shuttle, carousel storage, lift systems or self-to-person systems to the point in a transparent and customized manner for your application.
Automated pallet warehouses (HRL)
As a manufacturer-independent consulting company, we think outside the box and focus on the optimum concept for your needs.
Working closely with you, we consider both disruptively innovative and tried-and-tested systems.
Automated sheet metal storage
Take advantage of our specialist expertise for your area storage system. From storage and provision for in-house processing or order picking to the retrieval of sheets up to 16,000 mm in length in automatic mode.
Conveyor technology
Based on your operational processes and the framework conditions of the existing building structure, we create a visualized holistic concept for your internal transport.
Automatic goods handling & robot systems
Collaborating robots (cobots) with vision systems, which can be equipped with a wide variety of gripping and suction tools, provide 24/7 support for picking, placing and handling in intralogistics processes. Take advantage of our expertise.
3 phases to success:We divide the successful path in logistics and warehouse automation into the following phases:
Analysis & Concept planning
- As-is analysis of processes, structures & systems and planning data
- Determination of target values for an optimal design
- Development of economically viable, customized solutions
- Layout creation and visualization in 3D
- Joint evaluation of the different concepts and system providers
- Rough investment
- Selection of the preferred solution
Detailed planning & Invitation to tender
- Detailed planning of processes and functions, systems and technologies
- Creation of specifications and requirement specifications
- Tailor-made tenders
- Selection of potential suppliers
- Detailed planning layout and visualization in 3D
- Support during the tendering process
- Meaningful tender evaluation
- Competent advice on the selection of systems and system providers
Support during implementation by experts
- Awarding of contracts to system providers by the customer
- If necessary, support with detailing in specification phases
- Professional support in project management, test runs and acceptances
- Support during the operational change process
Customers about us:
Johannes ThalerVice President Supply Chain Management - Swarovski Optik AG & Co KG.
The initial situation at SOA was that the future growth targets, coupled with the existing production areas, were reaching their capacity limits. Furthermore, intralogistics is labor and space-intensive, which limits the technical possibilities.
Three key points were set as project objectives:
- Comprehensive logistics concept (raw materials, semi-finished products and finished goods)
- Transformation to automation
- Space efficiency within the logistics processes
The role of SCM PLUS was to work out the above objectives with the project team and the system providers in the concept and detailed planning stages and, based on this, to create a basis for decision-making for the advisory board and the SWAROVSKI OPTIK management board. SCM PLUS was also able to solve and implement very complex and difficult structural requirements in its role as a consulting company to the full satisfaction of the customer.
SCM PLUS was able to provide enormous ADDED VALUE for the project and SWAROVSKI OPTIK through stringent project management and a high level of technical and social competence.
Looking back, we at SWAROVSKI OPTIK can say a heartfelt THANK YOU and look forward to the future together in the realization phase and beyond.
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