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Sabarot doubles the performance of its automated warehouse
05.03.2024
Sabarot, a French family business specialising in dried legumes, cereals and wild mushrooms, continues the process of growth and logistical development of its historic headquarters in Chaspuzac with the help of Mecalux.Under the leadership of Antoine Wassner, president of Sabarot, this initiative aims to support the constant growth of the company's business.
The decision to expand the automated warehouse, designed to accommodate the finished product of the production lines, aims to double the storage capacity to 12,000 pallets. In total, four 92 m long aisles will be set up, in which a stacker crane will circulate to store, unload and transport pallets autonomously following the instructions of Easy WMS. Another special feature of the plant is that, at Sabarot's request, it is designed to operate at temperatures below zero (-5 ºC) and at room temperature.
"We decided to expand our automated warehouse because we need to increase our operational capacity and proactively respond to the expansion of our business. We are very pleased with this expansion because it offers us a high degree of flexibility, which allows us to handle peaks in activity with great responsiveness," says Antoine Wassner, President of Sabarot. From the Chaspuzac site, Sabarot manufactures, stores and distributes goods for customers in more than 70 countries. Its main markets are France and the United Kingdom, but its products are also exported to countries such as Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore.
The new storage aisles will be managed by Mecalux's Easy WMS warehouse management software, which is responsible for monitoring all Sabarot's goods in real time and ensuring complete traceability of the 7,800 SKUs it works with. "Digitalization and robotization give us the ability to track all our products. This has contributed greatly to making our inventory management more reliable," explains Wassner.
The expansion of the automated warehouse not only responds to Sabarot's current logistical needs, but is also intended to accompany the annual growth (close to 15%) that the company has sustained over the last fifteen years.