AAP St. Mary's Material Handling Case Study
Key Technologies
- 15 aisles of Daifuku AS/RS buffers providing about 15,000 storage locations for WIP wheels, controls systems, and inventory systems
- 3700 feet of chain driven 24v Motorized Drive Roller
- Bastian Solutions Controls Warehouse Control System (WCS)
- ASAP Automation Warehouse Management System and AS/RS Controller
- Cognex/Integro vision systems
- Blue Arc Engineering custom lifts
Business Challenges
- AAP was searching for a method to streamline and synchronize the flow of wheels between various operations
- AAP wanted to reduce employee turnover and associated training costs, and lessen the manual labor requirements for handling each wheel
- Forklift traffic was dangerous and needed to be reduce or eliminated
- Visibility of inventory and system capacity needed to be improved. Scheduling and inventory locators existed as hand-written notations on loose paper
Results
- AAP St. Mary’s manual labor requirements were significantly decreased
- Fork lift traffic was safely reduced
- Inventory and quality control improved
- The project’s success has greatly improved AAP’s ability to succeed in a very competitive industry
- Bastian Solutions has been asked to partner with AAP on future growth phases
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