SHD Logistics Award goes to Bohler Uddeholm for warehouse efficiency

3rd November 2016
Source: KASTO Ltd
Posted By : Anna Flockett
SHD Logistics Award goes to Bohler Uddeholm for warehouse efficiency

KASTO automated warehouse customer, Bohler Uddeholm UK, Oldbury, has won the 2016 SHD Logistics Award for Warehouse Efficiency, presented by comedian Mark Watson in front of 600 industry professionals during a dinner at Resorts World Birmingham in mid-September.

Tom Gowans, Managing Ddirector of Bohler Uddeholm UK said: “We kicked off the demand-driven logistic project in April 2013, knowing that we would need to invest to realise our vision of 50% growth in throughput by 2020.

“Our group financial backing has allowed us to invest, despite the challenging climate in key sectors. We had a choice, invest or stagnate, so we modernised. The new plant came on stream during the first quarter of 2016.”

He went on to explain that value-added activities give Bohler Uddeholm customers access to cutting, machining, bevelling and other services. If required, on-site testing gives customers certification additional to that supplied by the mill.

Peter MacLeod, Editor of SHD Logistics, commented: “The mood of the evening was celebratory and upbeat and it was heartening to see the obvious delight and pride shown by the successful entrants. I congratulate Bohler Uddeholm - a very deserving winner.”

The automated storage and retrieval facility is 15x37m and contains 2,377 travelling cassettes capable of holding steel bars and tubes up to eight metres long, maximum weight per location being 3.5 tonnes.

Key advantages of the installation are a reduction of forklift trucks from 15 to 6, an 80% saving in floor area compared with using cantilever racking, and warehouse operator costs down by 15%, with staff deployed elsewhere on site. The warehouse is also benefitting customers, as the stockholder can now ensure same-day picking and despatch for all orders received before noon.


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