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Apotea recently commissions SSI Schaefer to expand the existing warehouse solution to cover the increased demand.
Apotea expands its automated warehouse solution with long-term logistics partner SSI Schaefer
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potea, Sweden’s first full-scale online pharmacy, has built an environmentally friendly logistics centre and installed an automated system from SSI Schaefer to keep up with rapid growth. With the new warehouse solution, the fast-growing online pharmacy will be able to ship around 700,000 packages a month. The online pharmacist was awarded as Sweden’s most favorite online store and is highly valued by customers for fast deliveries, fair prices, and a great customer experience. To this end, Apotea appointed SSI Schaefer to develop and optimize their supply chain.
Optimum utilization This implies optimum personnel utilization in the warehouse, low error rates, and a significantly enhanced performance. The system was fully installed in fall 2019 but due to Apotea’s rapid growth it is time for an expansion of the system to almost double the performance. “We´re very satisfied with the existing A-Frame and the way it efficiently has
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expanded our capacity. We continue to implement a new automated solution together with SSI Schaefer and look forward to seeing our new, even faster A-Frame in action,” affirmed Pär Svärdson, CEO, Apotea. The existing A-Frame system at Apotea can store up to 1,500 products and provides a picking capacity of up to 1,400 orders per hour. This will soon be supported by another A-Frame, which will process 1,000 more orders per hour. The system will be up and running during 2021.
Coop invests in SSI Schaefer advanced technology Coop, one of the leading food retailers in Sweden, chose SSI Schaefer as their general contractor for intralogistics to provide a cutting-edge, energy-efficient and highly automated logistics solution for their new 77,000sqm distribution centre in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Coop’s new distribution centre, strategically positioned in the heart of Sweden, will handle the distribution of goods to Coop’s 800+ stores around the country. The majority of the material flow will be processed by two highly
automated robotic case picking systems for chilled and ambient products. The outcome will be a sustainable warehouse that will handle more than 600,000 units per day. SSI Schaefer approached this challenge with the 3D-MATRIX Solution, a unique patented system design that will enable Coop to live up to its goals of flexibility and efficiency and at the same time produce store-friendly pallets.
Usage of robots Together with the integration of robots, Coop will improve its whole supply chain, from the distribution centre to transportation and all the way to the stores and their customers’ dinner tables. As Sweden’s foremost food retailer and as the winner of ‘Sweden’s Most Sustainable Retailer’, the new distribution centre of Coop will be directly integrated into the nationwide train network, as trains form a major part of Coop’s transportation. This approach leads to fewer road transports and a smaller carbon footprint for Coop, thereby enabling it to pursue economic viability and future-oriented sustainable goals.
