DICK'S Sporting Goods Case Study

DICK’S Sporting Goods Wins with Hometown Distribution Center

DICK'S Sporting Goods, a leading sporting goods retailer, partnered with Bastian Solutions to improve order fulfillment speed and accuracy at their omni-channel distribution center in Conklin, NY. This facility is the company’s fifth nationally with 650,000 square feet of space, 7.7 miles of conveyor, and servicing up to 160 stores.

“Our experience working with Bastian Solutions has been great. They’ve been a partner for us on several projects and here at the Conklin distribution center we really fully leveraged their resources and capabilities... With their help and understanding of the different tools and technologies that we can leverage, I think we have a system that really supports our product needs.”” – Tyler Bronson, Senior Director Supply Chain Strategy & Support, Dick’s Sporting Goods

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Key Technologies

Exacta Automated Order Routing
Pick to light devices at picking stations
Put to light
Cognex camera label scanners
38,000 ft+ of Hytrol conveyor
Hytrol Prosort and pivot wheel sortation conveyors
4 3M semi-auto tapers
FMH accumulating extendable conveyors
Automated stretch wrappers

Results

20% of product received is back stock – instead of sending these through the receiving sorter and clogging the system, they are immediately separated as they come in the door – increasing receiving sorter efficiency by that 20%. “peel off back stock”
182 lanes of pallet flow rack for staging outgoing store shipments, increasing vertical space usage and eliminating need for additional expansion
Utilized gap and store, or reverse accumulation to improve conveyability of wide product mix.
Cognex camera label scanners improved read rate from 85% to over 98%. More labels being scanned correctly means more product flows to the correct destinations.