Maria of RA (Altai Krai) (Accellos WMS (Radio Beacon WMS))

Automation of the distributive center of grocery chain of the company Maria-Ra, Altai Krai

About Maria-RA companies, Barnaul

The CU Mariya-RA — one of the largest companies in the Siberian region entering the first twenty of food networks of Russia. one of the largest companies in the Siberian region entering the first twenty of food networks of Russia.

At the end of 2011 the CU Mariya-Ra contains 371 shops of the "shop at the house" and "supermarket" formats in 77 localities of Altai Krai, Altai Republic, the Novosibirsk, Tomsk and Kemerovo regions. Turnover of network at the end of year grew by 37% up to 35 billion rubles (including the VAT), comparable sales (like-for-like) of Maria-Ra shops increased in a year by 13.7%

According to the RBC magazine the Maria-Ra Company holds the sixth place of rating of efficiency of the largest domestic product retailers.

The distributive center of Maria-Ra company placed in the city of Novoaltaysk performs supply of network of retail stores (as of December, 2012 494 shops).

Characteristics of an automation object

• Total number of personnel of a warehouse about 200 people.
• Total area: 30,000 sq.m.
• Nomenclature positions - 25,000 articles
• Shipments in day: 20,000 positions.
• Operation mode: 24х7.
• Users: 240 shipping documentations.

Automation based on Accellos.WMS v6.3.

Start in operation of the first stage of a warehouse of fruit and vegetable products is the next stage of implementation Accellos One Warehouse in the territory of a warehouse complex of the company Maria-RA.

In the project progress by specialists of ConsID Technologies company it was executed:

• development of the project documentation for automation and start in operation of a warehouse fruit and vegetable products
• adaptation and setup of all processes Accellos.WMS for work with weight and measured products
• preoperational system testing for work with weight products
• remote audit of system operation after start of work of a warehouse with forces of the Customer is performed
• technical support of the working system is performed

Result

Now the companies are connected by long-term cooperation. Due to business development Maria-RA for the last year the number of users of a warehouse management system increased from 82 to 172. Goods turnover on the distribution center increased by 30%. The warehouse works as the distributive center and uninterruptedly provides delivery of the necessary range to retail outlets.

Considering the number of personnel in a warehouse and big turnover of the distributive center can be approved that this project is one of the largest IT solutions based on WMS in the territory of Russia.