PUMA Case Study | Omni-Channel, Retail, E-Fulfillment

PUMA Attacks Peak Season with AutoStore

PUMA, a leading sports apparel distributor, partnered with Bastian Solutions to select, design, and implement an AutoStore goods-to-person system to consolidate and improve order fulfillment operations at its third party logistics facility in Torrance, California. The facility, owned and operated by Brookvale, now handles up to 200 e-commerce lines per hour per operator and 700 wholesale units per hour per operator. This allows PUMA to easily meet same-day fulfillment and peak seasonal demands.

Key Technologies

In-depth engineering consulting study to maximize current and future operations.
AutoStore goods-to-person order picking system
- 170 robots
- 171,000 bin locations
16 AutoStore pick stations and 6 receiving stations with touch screen monitors
Exacta warehouse execution system
Put-to-light devices at picking stations
Automatic labeling machines for empty shipping carton license plate labels
In-line weigh check scale
Print and apply labelers for shipping labels with an inline scale for manifesting
6,200 feet of Hytrol and ZiPline Conveyor
2 autobagging machines for e-commerce orders
Hytrol pivot wheel sortation conveyor
3 Carton erectors

AUTOSTORE ROBOTS

See the results

The storage density of AutoStore allowed PUMA to consolidate multiple distribution centers into a single facility in Torrance, CA.

Currently, 30,000 SKUs are stored in the AutoStore system. This includes all e-commerce SKUs and retail apparel SKUs.

The facility handles about 200 e-commerce lines per hour, per operator and 700 wholesale units per hour per operator. This is 2-3 times the amount previously handled.

The new system achieves same-day shipping on all e-commerce orders and easily handles peak season volumes.

EXACTA TOUCH SOFTWARE