Routeco Case Study

 

The Brief

 

Routeco is the UK’s leading distributor of industrial automation and control products and has a nationwide supply network.

Its Milton Keynes facility required a solution to facilitate a move to a new site and simplify order processing in the new location.

They previously had an efficient way of holding products in stock, with plastic slat bins sat on the wall. However, this would have made moving site complicated. A solution was required to not only move stock but also upgrade parts and component storage to facilitate easier order picking and stock management.

 

 The Solution

 

The Routeco team did some homework and discovered our Pallite PIX® units and compatible Kbins. They then liaised with Sales Manager, Jake Ward, to ensure the products they chose were suitable for their requirements.

Thirty-five Pallite PIX® SLOTS 48 and Kbins were specified along with two- and three-way dividers (shelf liners) to help with product segregation.

A full consultation was undertaken with the customer to ensure the products solved the challenges they faced.

 

The Outcome

 

Choosing Pallite PIX® and Kbins facilitated an easy site move as all products were re-homed into the new units, shrink wrapped and then moved in the pallet to the new site.

This enabled the small nature of the products to be stored safely without product loss or damage. The components were easily located and retrieved delivering greater efficiencies and helping with stock replenishment and management.

Changing site also gave the Routeco team the opportunity to move products around to have ones that are normally picked together closer to each other.  Products that previously shared location are now split into separate section bringing greater time saving benefits when locating products.

The whole solution gave the Routeco team more freedom to move racking around, add more on and create more locations with Kbins giving more space in a location. 

This made day-to-day operations easier and give the team options to create more locations when needed, giving our sales team the opportunity to extend our product range and meet customer, market and industry demand.

  

Customer comment

 

Charlie Nash, Logistics Development Manager, Routeco commented; “We had used Kbins before and still used them in some locations within the warehouse, however, this has been a better way of using them as they have been custom made for what we needed.

“Jake supported me with all requirements, went through our data with me on product sizing and determined which Kbins products would be best.

“We are incredibly happy with the outcome and as such, are now looking at options for our assembly business which also requires a bespoke solution.

“I would 100% recommend Kbins – their products, solutions and team have great product knowledge, really helped with the challenges we faced and are easy and personable to deal with.”