AUTOMATION
ThreeSixty designing today’s solutions to optimise tomorrow’s performance A partnership between the ThreeSixty Supply Chain Group and fresh food producer Montague helped create efficient systems for Montague’s new Victorian facility, while demonstrating the expertise provided by ThreeSixty. Adam McCleery writes.
ThreeSixty used expert consultation to develop new system designs for Montague’s apple processing business.
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ustralian fresh food producer and logistics company, Montague, initially engaged ThreeSixty Supply Chain Group (ThreeSixty) to review manufacturing, distribution and warehouse automation to be installed in the former’s greenfield 18,000 square metre, $54 million automated packaging and export manufacturing processing centre in Victoria. . Montague subsequently extended ThreeSixty’s engagement to include
the development, systems design, and the integration of six different software systems to ensure the new highly automated manufacturing Distribution Centre (DC) worked holistically. Montague engaged ThreeSixty to embark on a discovery and transformation journey in early 2019. This included the complete review of the Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS), and the operational review of the existing apple grading and sorting system. Analysing the data,
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volumes, throughputs and forecasts was necessary in order calculate system storage requirements. This allowed ThreeSixty to complete an AS/RS best-fit solution assessment, engage with potential suppliers and provide Montague with an industryleading solution. ThreeSixty’s approach was one of its market differentiators. It was crucial to gain an in-depth understanding of the customers business requirements. Strategising and evaluating every
aspect of the supply chain, allowed ThreeSixty to develop a tailored solution to meet the customers current and future needs. The customer journey didn’t end there; the team at ThreeSixty worked with customers on an ongoing basis to continuously review and optimise the solutions. Rowan Little, Montague’s chief innovation officer, said ThreeSixty’s partnership approach working through its complex requirements, gave it a deep understanding of what its business
