SF-DHL Supply Chain
Footwear Project
52,000
Storage Locations
5m
Storage Height
99.9%
Picking Accuracy
Fast
Return on Investment
SF-DHL Supply Chain
The end customer is a company that produces luxury shoes. This is the first AGV automation project in the shoe manufacturing industry in China. The distribution center is operated by DHL and is responsible for the company’s nationwide B2B and B2C business. In the first stage of the project (completed) the solution realizes the automation of the nationwide B2B business. In the second stage the B2C business will be automated.
--Manual operation is inefficient, and prone to errors
--Manual operation has height limitations, resulting in low storage density
--With current logistics capabilities, the return process is too complicated
--Robot quantity & type: 12 units (8 first stage, 4 second stage), A42D
--Charging stations：3
--Shelving area: 4,300
--Workstation type & quantity: on-conveyor picking workstation
--Case type/size: Totes 600mm(L)×400mm(W)×400mm(H)
--Shelving area: 3,300㎡, Storage height increased to 5m, providing more than 52,000 storage locations and processing 367,000 shoe boxes.
--Install steel platforms to handle oversized materials and relieve peak pressure
--Visual Kanban enabled
--1 month deployment, 1 month to go live
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SF-DHL was looking for an efficient, intelligent, and flexible automation solution. The automation transformation project aimed to improve overall operation efficiency, reduce labor costs, and optimize storage density.
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