Market sector solutions for Food Retail

Food Retail

Flexible and scalable system solutions for the food industry

The food trade is exceptionally demanding for intralogistics specialists. The technological development of the branch business is increasingly supplemented by a rapidly growing online food trade. SSI SCHÄFER provides flexible, scalable, modular solutions for both areas. These have thoroughly proven themselves under real conditions.

The food trade has long been evolving and was focused on constantly optimizing existing logistics networks. Early on, SSI SCHÄFER set the benchmark for branch supply and delivery with manual, partially-automated and fully automated solutions. Now, the growing online food trade is creating entirely new logistics challenges for food retailers. SSI SCHÄFER provides scalable solutions that enable both established retail chains and ambitious start-ups to efficiently serve this new market. These solutions cover the entire spectrum of activities beginning with the incoming goods and ending at the customer’s doorstep.

Solutions from SSI SCHÄFER:

Customized, modular storage, picking and transport systems, from high bay shelving systems to auto-guided transport systems
Automatic handling of a diverse range of packaging types such as cartons, crates, PET and glass bottles along with shrink-wrapped articles
High-performance shipping buffer
WAMAS ^® and SAP software solutions for manual, partially-automated, or fully automated warehouses
Web-based visualization of dashboards with both standard and individual KPIs
Ergonomic work stations

SOLUTIONS TO SUIT YOUR TASTE

Branch business:

The “perfect” pallet: store-friendly, volume-optimized and designed for maximum stability; yet the exact characteristics also depend on the transport paths and the branch’s requirements
Efficient storage and picking for large product ranges distributed among multiple temperature zones
Numerous different packaging units
Reliable best-before date and batch tracking
Efficient handling of large-volume floors

e-groceries:

Efficient and ergonomic picking of numerous small orders
Short throughput time
Short delivery window
Major delivery peaks
Prepares an efficient “last mile”
Guarantees a consistent cooling chain right up to the customer’s doorstep
High flexibility and scalability to address the rapidly growing business sector

We support you with modular, scalable and individually expandable system solutions for the food industry. These solutions sustainably improve the efficiency of your logistics processes.

SSI SCHÄFER collaborated with C&S Wholesale Grocers, one of the largest food wholesalers in the USA, to modernize the internal logistics for ES3 using the Schaefer Case Picking (SCP) system. In addition to automating the warehouse processes, other key elements for the success of this project included the integrated automation of the border-related case picking and the dispatch of the shipments. Result: The highly automated distribution center provides roughly 90,000 tray spaces in its high bay warehouse. In addition, the material flow and picking areas are divided among three storeys, enabling a throughput of more than 100,000 cartons of goods.