C&H Sugar Material Handling Case Study
Key Technologies
- ASAP’s Exacta Warehouse Management Software (WMS) to maintain inventory control across 6 aisles of Litton ASRS housing 15,400 locations (WMS)
- ASAP’s Exacta Connect – Real Time interface to SAP
- Exacta ASRS windows based GUI, Automated Order Routing Software, and ControlLogix platform v.13.0 (WCS)
- Exacta Transfer Station, Buy In Station, and Mix Pallet Build and Inspection Station
- Exacta “3A In”, “Conventional In”, and “Manual In” Stations to handle rebuilds and out of tolerance pallet builds
- Exacta Loop and Ship Rejects to accommodate No-Reads or Mis-Reads
- Mettler-Toledo “On-The-Fly” Pallet Dimensioner and In Motion Check Weigher
- ID Technologies On-The-Fly Pallet Print and Apply Applicator
- Accusort Model 24 Series Overhead and Model 22 Series II Line Scanners
Business Challenges
- BMH had to upgrade C&H Sugar’s 16-year old ASRS, WCS and Controls System Software without slowing down production
- Existing system relied on an obsolete and unsupported software package and VAX hardware for their 24X7 operations
- BMH had to include a Real Time interface to C&H Sugar’s SAP (ERP) instance
Results
- BMH’s solution yielded a seamless transition with no down time to C&H Sugar’s production or shipping
- Exacta WMS and WCS increased throughput by 27%, with 115 trailers per day vs. 90 trailers per day in the previous system
- Packaging efficiencies have increased 100%, and C&H Sugar no longer experiences backups, down time, and receive loop saturations
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