Wacoal, a women’s lingerie and underwear manufacturer, needed storage and retrieval processes designed and integrated for a new product line. To accommodate the additional inventory, our client also needed to increase their available storage without altering the footprint of their existing distribution center.
Increased pick rates and efficiency of manufacturer of women’s lingerie and underwear.
The solution
PeakLogix upgraded Wacoal’s Warehouse Management System with ScottTech PickPro®. This enabled the implementation of an Automated Storage and Retrieval System (AS/RS) that delivers totes to operators for high-throughput order fulfillment. In addition, horizontal carousels maximize the use of cubic space and provide high throughput.
The results
Increase pick rate by 178%.
Decrease pick labor by 84%.
Improve storage density and capacity.
New automated systems that PeakLogix integrated increase Wacoal’s pick rate by 178% decrease pick labor by 84%, and improve storage density and capacity. The manufacturer now achieves same-day shipping, down from seven days. Two brands are picked at a rate of 1,125 orders an hour, with three lines per order.
