Case Studies
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High Capacity Conveying & Sorting System Reduces Operating Costs, Improves Service to Customers
Southern Wine’s distribution facilities provide next-day delivery to almost 140,000 customers. Orders received by 5:00 pm are delivered the following day. The company is constantly refining its automation process to ensure the most efficient production and consistent level of customer service, despite its continual growth. The Southern Wine regional DC located in Lakeland, Florida, is the highest capacity operation in the Southern Wine USA network.
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Internet Retailer Optimizes Fulfillment with Zone Routing Conveyor Network
Newegg's growing business and focus on customer satisfaction required increased capacity and service levels for customers on the East Coast. The company invested in a new distribution center with a zone routing conveyor system to ensure that over 98 percent of Newegg customer orders will ship within one business day of ordering.
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Third Party Logistics Business Builds Flexibility into New Automated Warehouse
A third-party logistics (3PL) business wanted to improve its competitiveness. It chose to relocate its West coast warehouse to a new, 300,000 sq ft, geocentric location that reduces shipping time for its customer’s web-ordered consumer products.
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Modernizes DC to Minimize Downtime and Increase Performance
A Fortune 100 Company was facing aging equipment challenges in one of its distribution centers (DCs). Many components of the control system were unsupported. Furthermore, problems associated with case picking and delivery operations could be minimized or eliminated with new technology that was not available when the original system was installed.
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Leading U.S. Tobacco Manufacturer Uses Automation to Manage SKU Proliferation
A leading U.S Tobacco manufacturer was faced with compelling business environment changes. Consumers were looking for more cigarette brand choices at the same time that overseas markets were emerging.
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Lifts from the Ocean Floor
Autoquip provided a unique solution for a large West coast shipyard operation’s dry dock problem. The shipyard needed a lift that could reach 48-feet below ground level to unload and deliver repair supplies to large marine vessels.
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