Case Study 117 – Tutto Piccolo, Alcoy, Spain - Sdi Group UK

THE SYSTEMThe SDI system comprises of a 25m-longoblong rotating carousel equipped withsteel trays. Arranged around the carouselare 50-drop zones, which are allocated,as required to individual customers.Items are picked into boxes, fromgarments hanging on rails – in someinstances using the hanging garmentsorter – or from ready-packedconsignments. These boxes are thentransferred to the sorter and loaded ontoany of three induct stations, where thebar codes on the boxes are read by anautomatic in-line scanner.Communicating with SDI’s WarehouseSortation System (WSS) the cartons arethen loaded one by one into individualtrays.As the goods pass round the system theWWS send signals to the sorter’s PLC toactivate solenoids that tilt the trays asthey pass over the required dropstations,which are allocated in eachsorting wave to specific customers. Theaccumulated boxes are then transferredby conveyor from the sorter to thedispatch area for onward delivery.Tutto Piccolo is currently sorting 40,000items per day on the SDI system. At peakperiods, during major promotions forexample, the company expects thesystem to be handling up to 100,000units per day.“With our oldmanual system wecould only pickgoods for onecustomer at a time,but the SDI machinecan now sort for 50customers in onepass. This has greatlyspeeded up the orderassembly operation,and has given usmuch improvedflexibility. We candeliver to customersas and when theydemand, and mostorders are deliveredwithin less than 48hours.”Rafael Mataix Molto -Director and co-founder of Tutto Piccolo“When looking for asortation system weconducted a surveyof the industry inEurope, and foundthat SDI had all theexperience andexpertise we required.Although our budgetwas limited, this wasn’ta problem for SDI, therefurbished sortationsystem was theperfect solution.”Rafael Mataix Molto -Director and co-founder of Tutto PiccoloABOUT SDI GROUPSDI group is an innovative providerof systems and solutions to theretail, wholesale, fulfilment ande-commerce industries for allaspects of distribution centrematerials handling.As both consultants and systemintegrators, the company providesclients with a total logistics solutionpackage, which includes materialshandling consulting, as well asdesign, engineering, fabrication,installation and integrationservices.Tel: +44 (0)1788 574666Web: www.sdigroupuk.com Email: sales@sdigroupuk.comSDI Group UK, 20 Somers Road, Somers Road Industrial Estate, Rugby, Warwickshire CV22 7DH UKA member of the SDI Group