Case Study (Health & Beauty) – Improved Efficiency, No Downtime
Siggins Company provided turnkey services to relocate operations to a new facility.
Fast-pick modules featuring pick-to-light, serviced by conveyor with high-speed sortation, were applied to boost productivity, throughput, and accuracy—while accommodating a wide variety of product and order sizes. A phased-in approach to implementation prevented service disruption.
Library Book Distributor Relocates Operation
A leading supplier of children’s books to school libraries and other institutions had outstanding sales growth in recent years. Its distribution center’s capabilities could not efficiently support new sales levels. Product storage, order fulfillment, special processing, sales, accounting, and management activities were scattered among several facilities.
Productivity rates were falling as the workforce had to be increased in response to new demand, causing operating costs to outpace real growth.
Specialty Garments Provider Consolidates
A provider of specialty garments needed to consolidate the distribution of raw materials to manufacturing from several facilities to a single, safe, worker-friendly center.
In creating a consolidated facility, GEAR wanted to apply current technology, mechanization, and appropriate storage media to provide a highly-productive facility. Employee safety and a pleasant working environment rounded out the list of requirements for design of the distribution center.
Garment Manufacturer Streamlines Operations
Creating a More Efficient Way of Pulling Orders
A Central American garment manufacturer needed a more efficient way of pulling orders for specialty garments—within a limited space.
Multiple sizes and colors per item needed to be pulled, prior to garments being sent for screen printing or embroidery. After completion of these value added activities, orders were shipped to distributors in the US.
The customer wanted to use available space effectively, including both the limited floor space and unused, ample overhead space.
Garment Distributor Maximizes Cube Space
Designing a Multi-Level Picking Module System
Double-digit growth caused this national distributor of specialty garments to run out of space. Operations were becoming increasingly difficult due to crowding of inventory. Heavy reliance on temporary help, due to the seasonal nature of the business, was costly and difficult to manage.
The client wanted to make use of all available cube space to avoid moving or having to expand existing buildings.
A second priority was to reduce reliance on expensive temporary help during the busy season.
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