Logistical requirements
Carreras Grupo Logístico is the leading
logistics operator in Spain and Portugal,
with more than 35 warehouses across the
country and a strong sales and operational
structure serving much of Europe. The company needed a large capacity warehouse to
deposit its customers' products, mainly specialized in consumer and industrial goods.
Mecalux was placed in charge of implementing this project in the municipality of
Santa Oliva, close to Barcelona. The strategic location of the warehouse, which coincides with a major transport hub facilitates
the distribution of its products throughout
the Spanish territory.
Pallet racking
Mecalux has installed pallet racking meant
to store palletized goods of a wide variety
of different SKUs. This system meets the requirements of the Carreras Grupo Logístico,
because operators directly access the stored
goods, expediting picking and stock control. In addition, the racks are suited to the
different load units, weight and volume
variables.
The handling equipment
Reach trucks are used when depositing pallets in designated locations, and replenishing
the lower levels of the racks with palletized
goods.
Operators perform the picking tasks using
order preparation machines especially suited to this operation. This equipment has a
decisive advantage: it is possible to transport
two pallets at once. On the slightly raised
forks, a pallet is transported at the most ergonomic height so the operator can comfortably place the goods that make up part
of the order. Orders that have already been
completed are placed on the bottom skids.
Once completing the orders with the corresponding goods, operators move them to
the consolidation area, set aside to fit out
the pallets and prepare them for subsequent
dispatch to the loading docks, located on
the side of the warehouse.
