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Sustainable logistics solution for faster order processing

06.02.2019

SSI Schaefer implements a highly automated picking and shipping system for SANICARE, one of Germany's largest mail-order pharmacies. The new system handles more than half of the picking processes automatically. With a processing time of 20 minutes per parcel, up to 10,000 shipments will leave the logistics center every day.

SANICARE, a brand of BS-Apotheken OHG, headquartered in Bad Laer, Lower Saxony, Germany, advises and cares for 1.6 million customers throughout Germany. In June 2018, the company modernized its buildings with a high-performance logistics system. General contractor for the implementation was SSISchaefer, the world’s leading provider of modular warehousing and logistics solutions.

After a three-month planning phase, the retrofit started in April 2018 during daily operation. The system was completed in June. It is now possible to handle the majority of orders using a standardized process. 55% of all picking processes are performed automatically and only need to undergo a final check before shipment. Thus, the system can process approx. 1,000 shipments per hour. In total, BS-Apotheken OHG achieves an automation degree of 70% of all shipments using the existing picking automats. »The retrofit enables us to process orders fast and efficiently, even at peak times, and thus to achieve more customer satisfaction,« says Heinrich Meyer, owner of BS-Apotheken OHG.

For picking fast movers, SSI Schaefer installed an A-Frame as an automatic picking system with capacity for 850 top items. After dispensing the items from the automat onto the collecting belt, the products are transported to the filling point and into the picking cartons. A separate costly repacking process can be omitted. »Filling cartons directly from such a system is unique in the mail-order pharmacy sector,« emphasizes the owner of BS-Apotheken OHG. The filling point can handle four different carton types. Newly installed replenishment areas in close proximity to the A-Frames ensure permanent replenishment of the automats.

Part of the modern system is also a fully-automatic carton erector to erect 90% of common carton sizes. In a further step, the cartons are filled with inserts and marketing material, are provided with a barcode and are thereby linked to the customer order. The possibility to add inserts unspecifically or selectively is another special feature. The new technology was connected to already existing logistics processes.



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