About the customer
The Johann A. Meyer GmbH can look back on more than 100 years of company history and, with just under 70 employees, is an experienced and high-performance partner for hygiene, cleaning and care products, cleaning machines and catering items. The company based in Wildau near Berlin supplies hospitals, administrations and large-scale enterprises in the area of Berlin-Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt / Saxony, but also in the entire federal territory, as well as craftsmen and cleaning service providers with their products.
The BITO Solution
- Commissioning at the lower level
» BITO implements a Carton Live Storage system so that the various items can be picked at the lower level according to the First In First Out (FIFO) principle
- Brake Rollers
» The flow channels are equipped with brake rollers. The brake rollers ensure smooth controlled movement of the product and avoids damages
- Buffer Storage for Pallets
» Above the Carton Live there is heavy duty pallet racking for the storage of palletised stock
- Shelving
» BITO small part boltless shelving complete the storage system
- Palett Storage
» The storage solution is completed with a BITO pallet rack application
Storage facility features
- For products that are picked in small quantities and have a high turnover rate, the BITO flow rack is used
- Items with a small envelope are provided in BITO small part boltless shelving
- BITO pallet racks serve as storage areas with the buffer stock for the flow levels
- For mass-produced items, such as toilet paper or disposable towels, the company uses pallet racking
Customer benefits
- The storage solution has been adapted to the product variety and the different turnover rates of the articles - the overall equipment includes a compilation of different BITO systems, each article is easily accessible
- Supply buffers are provided in the immediate vicinity of the order picking level, saving long travel times to replenish the throughput channels
- The system enables efficient and ergonomic order picking
- Brakes in the flow channels ensure that even 5-liter canisters run safely and cleanly over the runways without tipping over