Story

Rising sales pushed the previous manual picking at the old location in Garbsen to its limits.

At a new location in Langenhagen, an increase in performance and delivery speed was achieved.

Rising sales pushed the previous manual picking at the old location in Garbsen to its limits.

Solution

Sector

Logistics service provider

Product

Women's, men's and children's clothing and accessories

On a floor area of 22,500 m² is the storage and work area, the packaging and dispatch area and the EcoPocket with the loading areas.

With the EcoPocket, arvato can now automatically sort flat goods and shoe boxes. At the induct station, operators induct the goods into an opening under which an empty pocket suspended from the rail. Hanging goods to be sorted can also be added to the EcoPocket.
Regular stored goods enter the pockets via 11 induct stations. To avoid having to sort prepared returns into the manual warehouse first, they are temporarily stored in a returns store with a capacity of 70,000 parts.

Customer

For more than 180 years, arvato has been offering service solutions for new challenges within Bertelsmann and is constantly developing. At the logistics location in Langenhagen, the complete online shop logistics is handled for a well-known fashion customer. The distribution center is part of arvato's SCM Solutions division, which employs 15,000 people worldwide. The company takes over all necessary processes for its customers, from the implementation and operation of online shops, product photography, online marketing, logistics and shipping, including returns management, to payment and accounting, customer service and e-commerce advise.

EcoPocket®
Product

EcoPocket®

EcoPocket® combines garments on hangers (GOH) and flat folded goods (FFG) in one system. The loading of EcoPocket® takes place at different locations within the warehouse, compensating different picking speeds. The system forms buffers in order to carry out waves regardless of the picking progress. The buffer option can also be used for efficient integration of returned goods or fast-moving items in order to increase the efficiency of the fulfillment center. EcoPocket® sequences the individual bags in the system and directs them to the packing stations in the correct order.

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