Swisslog selected to build a new automated distribution centre for education resources provider
RM Resources, the established provider of education resources for early years, primary schools and secondary schools, has selected Swisslog’s Tornado miniload cranes to power its new build warehouse in Hucknall, East Midlands in the UK.
RM Resources develops and supplies resources which help bring the curriculum to life in both UK and international markets via its two brands, TTS and Consortium.
Partnership
Together with Swisslog and the storage density of its system, RM Resources will be able to consolidate its warehouse operations in the UK, which is currently spread across four different sites. As part of the KUKA Group, Swisslog covers the entire automation value chain with robotic and data-driven automated solutions for forward thinking businesses.
“This project merges four warehouse operations together, while simultaneously allowing sufficient space for RM Resources to expand in the future,” remarked Shane Faulkner, Head of Sales, Swisslog UK.
Transportation throughout the solution will be facilitated by Swisslog’s QuickMove conveyor. Goods will be conveyed to the Automated Storage & Retrieval System (ASRS), provided by a seven aisle Swisslog Tornado miniload solution. The ASRS will store cartons or totes double deep providing dense but rapidly accessible storage.
Single point fulfillment
The Tornado solution will feed ergonomic goods-to-person stations, each allowing up to six open orders to be picked at a time thereby facilitating an increased hit rate, improved order fulfilment time, and reduced throughput requirement in the system. With a single level pick-to layout, each goods-to-person station will benefit from one-touch fulfilment, enabling RM Resources to dramatically shorten lead times.
Swisslog SynQ software will provide all the necessary WCS functionality, while also integrating with RM Resources’ WMS & ERP systems. SynQ will deliver greater stock accuracy, as well as increased visibility of order progress. It will also provide RM Resources operators with the ability to pick from available new stock immediately as it enters the warehouse.
Automated material flow
“We are delighted to be progressing with our plans to consolidate our warehouse portfolio, which will deliver a number of efficiencies across the business as we move to one automated site,” commented Monique Louis, Managing Director, RM Resources.
Swisslog’s work on the site in East Midlands will commence in March 2021 and is due to complete at the start of 2022, to allow RM Resources to work on the curriculum line before the following school year.
