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the raw materials, salt, seasonings and oils called for in the<br />
recipe along with the cans, jars, lids or other materials that<br />
will be used to package the final product.<br />
The system then directs associates who pick and transport<br />
the materials to the manufacturing area 7 : Nuts are retrieved<br />
from the coolers 3 ; spices, oils and seasonings from a separate<br />
storage area; some packaging materials are pulled from<br />
storage racks 5 ; while other packaging materials are retrieved<br />
from a horizontal carousel system 6 .<br />
During the various stages in the roasting process, the<br />
nuts are converted to work-in-process (WIP) and tracked by<br />
the WMS. Once all of the manufacturing and packaging is<br />
complete, a new stock keeping unit (SKU) is created in the<br />
WMS, which includes lot information for all of the materials<br />
that went into that batch. Finally, the product is automatically<br />
put in trays, shrink-wrapped and labeled, and palletized<br />
8 . At that point, a finished goods label is applied to<br />
the pallet.<br />
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System suppliers<br />
WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: HighJump Software,<br />
800-328-3271, www.highjump.com<br />
ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM: QAD Inc., 888-641-4141,<br />
www.qad.com<br />
SYSTEM DESIGN: Tom Zosel Associates, Ltd., 800-229-3450,<br />
www.tzaconsulting.com<br />
LIFT TRUCKS: Crown Equipment Corp., 419-629-2311, www.crown.com<br />
ROBOTIC PALLETIZER: Kuka Robotics, 866-873-5852,<br />
www.kukarobotics.com<br />
CAROUSELS: White Systems Inc., 800-275-1442,<br />
www.whitesystems.com<br />
STRETCH WRAPPER: Lantech, 800-866-0322, www.lantech.com<br />
RACKING: Existing rack system from previous tenant<br />
HANDHELD BAR CODE SCANNING: Intermec, 425-348-2600,<br />
www.intermec.com<br />
PRINTERS: Zebra Technologies, 847-634-6700, www.zebra.com<br />
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