Logistics support behind the king of the convenience store in China
- 2018-03-27 15:00
- Automated logistics system supplier commodity storage sorting sowing collection
Whether e-commerce, traditional retail or new retail, the essence of business is to provide products and services to customers at any time and anywher in a more convenient and efficient way, so that customers can get excellent experience. The application of new technology and new model is also to continue to pursue higher efficiency, more convenient and undifferentiated services. The new logistics, which is closely related to the new retailing, is undoubtedly the core goal of improving efficiency and experience.
Known as the "king of the China convenience store" is one of the pioneer Meiyijia convenience store industry, since its inception in 1997, the total number of stores has more than 10000 stores, located in Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei province five.
In the shops behind Meiyijia provide logistics services and security is belong to the Dongguan sugar and wine group's brother Enterprises -- Guangdong Shijie Logistics Co. ltd.. When the logistics is responsible for the task of Guangdong province Meiyijia all stores in the distribution of goods, put into operation in October 2016 when the Czech Dasan logistics center, the automatic warehouse, transmission lines, high-speed sorting line, electronic label picking system of logistics equipment, reached a daily average of about 200000 cases with advanced delivery capacity, and high efficiency become the retail chain industry automation logistics center benchmarking project.
Building automation logistics center
In 2012, when the logistics support Meiyijia the number of stores has reached thousands, every day there are hundreds of trucks for distribution Meiyijia stores (stores for two days delivery time). In order to meet the demand of Meiyijia business growth, the new logistics center construction has been put on the agenda. At the same time, considering the labor cost, Czech logistics decides to use more automation equipment. After the investigation and comparison, the final choice for the Si Rui Shige project, for the design and implementation of a system to provide Dasan logistics center, Fuller WMS and TMS system suppliers.
The new logistics center is located in Dongguan City, 18 kilometers east of the Chashan Town, a total construction area of 90000 square meters, the warehouse area of 76800 square meters. The logistics center will be built to support the next 12000 Meiyijia convenience store distribution business, and can provide logistics service for other enterprises.
Dasan logistics center put into trial operation in October 2016. As one of the highest degree of information of domestic large-scale logistics center retail industry and the operation efficiency of logistics center, Dasan equipped with advanced logistics automation equipment, including a nearly 20 thousand automated warehouse location tray, storehouse 16 stacker by Rui Shige European imported products; perfect FCL and dismantle the picking system up to 3000 meters, equipped with a conveying line, a high speed sorting system, sorting capacity of up to 17000 cartons per hour and 6000 turnover box.
This is a highly automated large-scale logistics center, automated warehouse, transmission lines, high-speed sorting line, electronic label and other equipment in the FLUX WMS intelligent engine under the unified command, to achieve efficient collaborative work, store distribution, stores return and turnover box recycling comprehensive control, logistics center has reached daily about 200000 boxes of delivery capacity, and the future of logistics center to support up to about 300000 boxes of delivery capacity. The logistics center to complete the sorting order in a unified scheduling FLUX TMS, realize the vehicle management, route planning, loading cargo in transit tracking, store receipt and receipt management control of the whole process.
WMS system is equal to the brain of logistics center. In addition to solving the existing problems of enterprises, we should also try to minimize accidents, and we must quickly solve them if problems arise, so services must be followed. Fuller's software system is mature, well known for automated logistics equipment, and is very well responsive to service.
The logistics center director Ms. Li Xia - Dasan
Optimize the process to ensure efficient logistics operations
When the logistics Dasan logistics center introduced a variety of advanced equipment, in a unified scheduling of FLUX WMS, to achieve a high efficiency of shipping, storage, sorting, sorting and replenishment process.
Whole commodity storage and sorting
The storage and selection of the whole product is processed by ASRS. In the memory, the combined application of ABC classification, the receiving area nearby, heavy load balancing algorithm in the back on the light, the same batch of balanced distribution of roadway inventory and stacker operations, do ASRS use rate and efficiency of the most reasonable storage space.
Wave planning, FLUX WMS will combine transportation scheduling, load balancing, sorting mouth box wave balance, store distribution and other factors, the segmentation of store orders.
For different Bocinei stores demand for a certain class of goods is provided, the whole pallet picking task by stacking machine selection. Single store demand full pallet, directly through a separate set of goods sent to the export area.
The Bocineimen stores carry the total dissatisfaction with the entire pallet order requirement, operation method of partition batch printing picking label, electronic label picking confirmed by trading in the chosen area. WMS takes the shortest job path as a criterion for scheduling of picking tasks. WMS monitors the stock of the selected locations in real time and triggers the replenishment task in time.
Through the reasonable planning of three regions and the optimal scheduling algorithm of WMS system for A/B/C three commodities, the whole picking has reached nearly 17000 box / hour picking capacity.
Sorting of the whole commodity
In order to meet the nearly 17000 box / hour sorting requirements for the whole commodity, the Czech logistics center has applied two high-speed slider type sorting line operations. In order to ensure the shortest time of switching (line clearing), the basic principle of task balance is WMS in the distribution of the sorting mouth.
Sowing and collecting the whole goods
Through the sorting box on the label outlet port clearly marked each box corresponding to the stores and goods storage (01~10), sorting operation personnel in accordance with the instructions on the label box car cage to each branch location in sowing. WMS calculates the number of cages required by each store according to the number of boxes. At the completion of the sorting mouth, the operator completes the collection of the cage car according to the label instructions.
When the agile logistics center planning more than 30000 sets of goods, goods of circular sets used in accordance with the transportation scheduling plan.
Picking and sorting of zero goods
For the discarding goods, we use fluent shelves and one to one electronic pick up line in the zero picking area, so as to ensure the picking efficiency and accuracy, and reduce the operators. The logistics center needs to finish up to hundreds of thousands of times a day to pick and pick. At present, czechosm can do about 7 seconds to complete a dismantling and sorting of all order goods in a store.
The difficulties and benefits of the project
Dasan logistics center is one of the largest domestic retail logistics project construction difficulty, due to the huge amount of demand for efficiency is very high, coupled with the use of a number of automation equipment, the dynamic balance has become the most difficult job. For example, the whole picking is carried out in 3 regions, and finally, the main line is sorted by sorting machine. The efficiency of each picking area is different. That is, the traffic volume of each confluence is dynamic and unequal, which requires extremely high software control and scheduling capabilities and software and hardware collaboration capabilities. Again, because the efficiency of picking workers is different, the replenishment task to each picking platform under FLUX WMS is real-time, dynamic and unequal, so that the maximum efficiency can be achieved. Under the cooperation of Shijie logistics and Ruisi Ge and Fuller, not only these difficulties have been successfully solved, but also the three parties have jointly established a benchmark project for the automated logistics center of the chain retail industry.
Source: logistics reference