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Delivery Wholesaler & Pickup Market Rügen C&C Relies on Klinkhammer for Automated Frozen Goods Logistics
As a wholesale food delivery and cash-and-carry market for frozen, fresh, and dry products, Rügen C&C supplies the gastronomy, hotel industry, and communal catering on the island of Rügen. The new construction is the company's response to increasing demands in terms of storage capacity, process security, flexibility, and speed. The core of the new facility is a two-aisle automatic deep-freeze tray storage, which supplies a picking and a goods receiving workstation via a conveyor loop with integrated buffer lanes. The picker receives the goods in exactly the order in which he optimally packs them on the roll container. This ensures the correct allocation of goods to the customer, and sensitive goods can be placed on top to avoid damage.
Order Picking Moves to Temperate Zone
Special focus during planning was on the spatial separation of storage and order picking. While the goods are stored in the deep-freeze area, order picking will take place in a temperate zone at 2 to 7 degrees Celsius instead of the previous approximately -22 degrees Celsius. This significantly improves working conditions and simultaneously increases process quality. The seamless integration of the new warehouse into the existing facility allows the current deep-freeze warehouse to continue being used as a reserve warehouse for pallets.
The order picking zones each have prefixed buffer areas. These prevent backlogs on the main conveyance line and ensure an uninterrupted order picking process. The sequenced provision of trays enables the order and tour-appropriate assembly of roll containers. This virtually eliminates picking errors and significantly simplifies the subsequent shipping processes.
Automation Creates Additional Storage Capacity
In addition to optimizing order picking, the new logistics concept pursues further technical goals. Automated storage enables a high utilization of space and creates additional storage capacities for the current deep-freeze assortment, which includes over 1,000 items. In contrast to traditional storage in pallet warehouses, smaller quantities of an item can be efficiently stored and picked on the trays. This gives the customer access to a significantly wider selection of items. Larger stock quantities simultaneously open up potential for more economical procurement processes. Furthermore, the facility was designed from the outset in such a way that it can be expanded on the existing site in case of future growth. With the new construction, the company lays the foundation for efficient deep-freeze logistics and a future-proof supply for its customers. "What was crucial for us was an overall concept for the quick, error-free, and targeted delivery to the gastronomy sector," explains Tom Bodderas, Managing Director at Rügen C&C. "The sequenced provision of trays and order picking in the positive temperature range not only increases process quality and speed but also improves working conditions for our employees."
Translated automatically from German.
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