Fashion Retail Automated Hanging Garment Warehouse
⭐Key Features
- •Automated storage for 8 million hanging garments
- •Grid conveyor system for efficient material transport
- •Micro-Trolley mtr for individual item handling
- •Dynamic buffering with single-item access
- •Multi-stage matrix sortation at 15,000 items/hour
- •Seamless integration of hanging conveyor systems
- •Automated high-bay storage for hanging goods
📊Results & Benefits
- ✓15,000 individual items sorted per hour
- ✓Short reaction times for store replenishment
- ✓Complete size availability across all retail stores
- ✓Seamless process from truck unloading to loading
🎯Challenges & Solutions
Ensuring all current collection items in all sizes are permanently available in shops
Dynamic buffering system with automated high-bay storage and rapid retrieval
📝Project Overview
Project Overview
This automated intralogistics solution by psb intralogistics GmbH represents a comprehensive hanging garment handling system designed for the fashion retail industry. The facility manages an impressive capacity of 8 million hanging clothing items, providing end-to-end automation from incoming trucks to outbound store deliveries.
The system is specifically engineered to support fashion retail operations where maintaining complete size availability and current collection items across all retail stores is critical. The automated processes ensure that shops are consistently stocked with all items from the current collection in every size, supporting optimal retail performance.
The seamless integration of various hanging conveyor systems creates a fully automated workflow that minimizes manual handling while maximizing efficiency throughout the supply chain.
Technical Solution
Automated High-Bay Storage for Hanging Goods
The system features a fully automated high-bay storage system (HRL) specifically designed for hanging garments. Clothing items are stored on storage rods within this automated storage system, providing high-density storage for the massive inventory of 8 million garments.
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Key Features
The system's capacity to store 8 million hanging garments in an automated high-bay configuration represents a significant achievement in fashion logistics automation. This massive storage capacity supports extensive product collections and size variants.
Dynamic buffering with single-item access enables rapid response to sales trends and store requirements. This process organization ensures short reaction times and optimal product availability across the retail network.
The multi-stage matrix sortation operating at 15,000 items per hour provides exceptional throughput for store allocations, efficiently processing merchandise into organized blocks for specific retail locations.
Results & Benefits
The system achieves remarkable sortation throughput of 15,000 individual items per hour, enabling rapid processing of store orders and efficient distribution to retail locations.
Short reaction times for store replenishment ensure that retail shops can maintain optimal stock levels, responding quickly to sales patterns and customer demand fluctuations.
The dynamic buffering and automated retrieval systems guarantee that all current collection items are available in all sizes across all retail stores, supporting sales and customer satisfaction.
Challenges & Solutions
The critical requirement of ensuring permanent availability of all current collection items in all sizes across all retail shops was addressed through the dynamic buffering system. This combines automated high-bay storage with rapid retrieval capabilities, maintaining optimal inventory levels and enabling quick response to store needs.
System Integrator
psb intralogistics GmbH provided the complete intralogistics solution, delivering tailored automation specifically designed for hanging garment handling in the fashion retail industry. Their expertise in integrated conveyor systems and automated storage solutions enabled the creation of this seamless, end-to-end automated processing environment.
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