All the store under control with Wamas

Society DM Drogerie Markt GmbH offers its customers not only a wide range of products of drugstore, but also articles for children, household, photography. It also features with food for domestic animals and numerous seasonal offers. The company believes that fast and flawless goods management is a decisive factor for success. Therefore, DM apuestó for the information of the latest generation technology solutions and a wide range of services of SSI Schäfer, which should ensure a perfect collaboration with its partners and suppliers.

The distribution centre in Enns, Austria, was put into service in 1989 and caters since all 354 branches in Austria, as well as eight distribution centres in Central Europe and Eastern Europe. Already in 1995 the floorspace of the store was expanded to 25,000 square metres given that more and more distribution centers are opened in neighbouring countries and the number of branches is growing continuously. To deal with the quantities goods increasing, has been remodeled and expanded distribution center semiautomatizado current. The variety of volumes of about 8,900 different articles was a particularly important challenge.

Fully automated high-rise for pallets and containers store with ten corridors has been in service since July 2009. The store offers an automated storage capacity of approximately 57.400 containers and 3,200 locations of pallets. Only in the store automatic miniload cleared daily some 35,000 order positions. About 450 employees from ten different countries work permanently in two-shift operation to facilitate a flow of goods impeccable. Logistics includes activity very diverse fields throughout the chain of flow of goods including capture, cooperation ECR (efficient goods flow control), the control and processing of orders for the branches, the pickingthe supply of replacement, the verification of invoices, as well as the maintenance of systems and facilities. 35 vehicles of carriers are traveling on a daily basis to meet the goal of providing 20,000 pallets per month, pick up goods from suppliers or transport means loading. Through the concentration of transport takes advantage to the maximum loading surface and do not produce empty transports.

SSI Schäfer has made the expansion and upgrade project in two phases:

• Phase 1 covered the whole of the system of continuous transport of containers including eleven locations from picking and four depalletizing, five halls of the automated miniload warehouse locations, as well as six high speed picking devices as a high-performance picking buffer.
• In phase 2 was the totality of the system of continuous transport of pallets including a fully automated high-rise warehouse with five aisles for single and double deep storage. A link to the existing air electrovías was also held.

Together with the management of the project, SSI Schäfer was in charge of the modernization of the current semi-automated warehouse. Replaced the control of the air electrovías and the conveyor pallets by Wamas control system integrating it into the management system.

The flow of goods Wamas system directs and controls the processes of transport receipt of goods. In four seasons of depalletizing merchandise is ready for the intermediate storage warehouse 'miniload' and transported to the respective areas of store through a system of continuous transport. To make the picking of the assortments (b) and (c), specific for branches, eleven picking locations are supplied automatically according to the principle ' merchandise man '. The indicators 'pick-by-light' and 'put-to-light' Guide to the trainers during picking ensuring an optimal outcome. Four carts transfer supply store, as well as the paths of sloping roller is made where the picking of A range. The facility has three levels and SSI Schäfer Wels took charge of the metal construction.

With the completion of the installation of palletizing as well as the coupling of the storage of containers to the transit line in direction consignment of goods in June 2009, DM is now ready for the logistic requirements that are growing continuously.