Warehouse Type: 

Raw Material Warehouse

Project Background: 

Ningbo Nianchu Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. is located in Ningbo, a port city known as the "Golden Coast of China". It is a related enterprise established by the Taiwan-funded enterprise "Nianchu Group" in Ningbo. Established in 2003 with a registered capital of USD 5 million, the company occupies an area of 36,000 square meters. It is a company engaged in the research and development, processing, assembly, sales, and after-sales service of press machines and surrounding automation equipment. The company is committed to continuous product innovation, always standing at the forefront of mechanical press production technology, continuously improving product quality, strengthening internal management, and providing high-quality after-sales service. It takes it as its responsibility to give back to customers and society, and its ultimate goal is to meet and exceed customers' expectations for products.

It mainly produces series of related products such as open and closed single-point, double-point, and four-point mechanical presses and surrounding automation equipment, which are widely used in metal forming industries such as automobiles, household appliances, electronics, electrical motors, appliances, IT, hardware, agricultural machinery, instruments, and meters.

Pain Points:

The original warehouse was severely lacking in storage space, with limited storage capacity and chaotic material stacking, which restricted business development.

The original manual handling or traditional equipment was inefficient.

The original picking operations relied on manual labor, which was labor-intensive, had a high picking error rate, and could not meet peak demand efficiency.

The original management relied on manual recording and scheduling, resulting in low inventory accuracy, slow inbound and outbound response, and frequent manual operation errors.

Solutions:

Equipment: 1 double-station pallet stacker, 1 RGV shuttle car

Pallet Size: L1500mm (fork entry) * W1000mm * H200mm

Shelf Height: 11.6 meters, 9-tier shelves

Unit Load: 1500kg

Project Effects:

900 effective storage locations, with a 3-fold increase in storage capacity.

The designed composite cycle efficiency of this project is 37 pallets per hour, a 4-fold increase in efficiency.

The pallet stacker retrieves goods, the RGV cooperates with the transfer for outbound, and the gantry manipulator assists in picking, improving picking efficiency.

The WMS/WCS system automatically manages the entire warehouse, achieving full automation and greatly reducing the probability of manual management errors.