Media Release by Swisslog
Warehouse automation leader, Swisslog, in collaboration with the Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA), has taken guests on an exclusive tour of Linfox BevChain to get a first-hand look at how automation can save space and boost productivity.
The “life after automation” tour was offered as an invitation-only event for SCLAA members, including some short presentations on automation trends and local case studies, followed by a site tour of the ASCLA (Australian Supply Chain and Logistics Awards) award-winning Linfox BevChain solution.
Guests were shown how Swisslog’s PowerStore solution at Linfox BevChain decreased warehouse footprint, increased throughput, and boosted storage capacity by around 60% within the same building footprint.
“BevChain leads the industry with 22 distribution centres across 6 states, handling more than 2.5 billion serving units annually – so when they implement automation, they do it on a scale that delivers an outstanding return,” says Steve Dimitrovski, Senior Sales Consultant, Swisslog Australia.
“The event was highly successful, and I believe one major factor in the success is that SCLAA members are all closely involved in automation for the supply chain, logistics, and warehousing industries, so the site tour and presentations were of direct relevance to their areas of work,” he said.
PowerStore is ideally suited to applications seeking to achieve high throughput and optimal space utilisation, in industries such as retail, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), e-grocery and pallet warehousing. PowerStore can also operate in a range of environments, from -30°C in frozen food storage up to 50°C, and can easily be retrofitted to warehouses with low ceilings or unusual shapes.
Swisslog has more than 50 years of global experience in the design and implementation of pallet warehouses, and its PowerStore system complements a full range of automation and Industry 4.0 solutions that Swisslog provides to retail, FMCG, food and beverage, logistics, transport, and warehousing operations globally.
“We’ll be running more of these events in 2023, because seeing warehouse automation of this scale first-hand really helps show what these solutions can achieve. The Linfox team were great to work with right from the start, and worked with Swisslog to achieve the best outcomes from the automation solution,” said Steve.
