US-based consumer goods company Procter & Gamble has installed new pallet-flow storage systems in its distribution center in Crailsheim, Germany, to expand its business in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
According to the company, the new technology has enabled the company to increase its capacity by 35% from 20,000 to 27,000 pallet positions, and nearly double its throughput.
Procter & Gamble distribution center head Matthias Schmitt was quoted by packagingdigest.com as saying that the company's all of investments in infrastructure would have made its project unrealistic, so it decided to increase the capacity within its building while simultaneously doubling its throughput.
"Right from the start, the new pallet-flow storage blocks were designed to be future-proof and support full flexibility. We managed the project very effectively, going forward step by step. As soon as one section of the old system had been dismantled and replaced by a new one, we moved onto the next section," Schmitt said.
The compact, space-saving, first-in/first-out pallet storage system from Interroll reduces forklift movements and uses gravity to move the pallets in the lanes, which saves a considerable amount of energy, reported the news website.