Pick by Weight case study at Raben Poland: order picking with double scales
Headquartered in Poland, Raben Group has representation in 15 European countries. Dedicated to continuous improvement, the company implemented the RAVAS Pick by Weight solution to provide even better customer service. As a result, picking errors have been reduced and inventory management optimized. The improvements led to savings in time and expenses and fewer customer complaints.
ASTRA SWEETS REALIZES IMMEDIATE COST SAVINGS BY WEIGHING MOBILE
Because of a number of variables inherent to the production of candy, Astra Sweets did not know the exact weight of production runs coming off the three casting lines. Discrepancies in the buffer stock of semi-finished products caused rest materials, delivery delays and additional, corrective production runs. Now RAVAS mobile weighing systems have been installed on the trucks that transport the sweets form the lines to the warehouse, and accurate production weights are communicated with the ERP system over the company’s wireless network.
Optimize cross docking. A business case.
In this business case, one of RAVAS' logistic customers explored the possibilities to obtain the exact weight of each pallet in its cross docking operation, with the least possible impact on its loading and offloading procedures.
SMURFIT KAPPA REDUCES WASTE FLOWS WITH iFORKS TOUCH
Smurfit Kappa Van Mierlo in Belgium, specializes in the development and production of offset printed, cardboard packaging. Cardboard waste occurs in different stages of the production process: when setting up the machines, during folding and gluing, or at quality control. Even materials that do not reach their quality standards are separated and removed.
HUIJBREGTS GROEP WEIGHS THE POWDER PREMIX BEFORE AND AFTER MIXING
Huijbregts supplies premixes of raw materials for the food industry, according to client owned recipes. For quality control on behalf of the client, all ingredients are weighed on the STILL electric pallet trucks that transport them between warehouse and mixer units.
SCHEREN LOGISTIK USES RAVAS SCALES ON WAREHOUSE TRUCKS FOR ERROR FREE ORDER PICKING
In order to minimize errors during order picking, 3PL provider Scheren has equipped his Jungheinrich order picking trucks with integrated scales. The warehouse management system interrogates the scale for the net weight increase after each order line picked, and compares this actual net weight with the theoretical weight of the articles. Only if the weight corresponds, the order picker receives the next order line on his truck terminal.