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16 Case StudySSI Schaefer modifies existing pallet racking installation to include live storage to support the continuedlogistics and service improvements at MACO Door & Window Hardware (UK) Ltd.MACO Go LiveMACO, leading manufacturers ofdoor and window hardware, houseover £2 million worth of dedicatedstock within its high-tech, high-bay warehouseunit in Sittingbourne, Kent, designedand installed by SSI Schaefer in 2000.Having previously worked with SSI Schaeferto supply its warehouse complete withPR600 pallet racking, MACO were confidentin calling Schaefer back in.Originally installed for selling bulk quantitiesto their customer base, MACO is drivingchange to provide customer oriented,service focussed supply, offering flexibility toa larger number of customers. Requiring ahigher density storage system for boxpicked items (hardware for windows anddoors), previously picked by the pallet, arevised operation was needed to fulfil theorders. Following a trial of MACO’s productsat SSI Schaefer’s demo room inAndover, KDR Live Storage was chosen asthe preferred solution.KDR is a versatile live storage shelvingsystem – secure and stable upright framescombined with reinforcing cross beamsform a ‘racking frame’ to house entire flowbed units. The flow beds can be modifiedquickly and without screws using adjustablehooks.In this instance, the KDR flow beds wereeasily incorporated into the existing palletracking system allowing the previousground floor bulk pallet locations to beused as push back storage. The number ofground floor manual picking locations hasincreased with a greater depth of stock foreach. Full pallet locations are still maintainedat higher levels.Kevin Whiting, Managing Director, andMACO UK, said: “Having used SSI Schaeferto supply the original pallet racking, wewere confident of their known expertise inthis area. We urgently needed a solutionthat continued to cater for our bulk pickorders whilst managing our smaller ordersefficiently – the KDR system, attacheddirectly to the pallet racking allows us toeffectively pick and pack one or two boxesonly from a particular storage locationwithout having to enter the bulk storagehigh bay area.”www.ssi-schaefer.co.ukAugust 2012www.ukwa.org.uk
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