Eaton began upgrade of management of a warehouse

Being a part of Eaton corporation in which more than 75000 employees are engaged in more than 150 countries of the world, Eaton Electric GmbH company, from her 12000 employees in 80 countries, sells electric distributors and the equipment for automation and power. To satisfy to requests of the clients taking into account market demands, the company Eaton Electric GmbH, Bonn, expanded the central warehouse in Mekkenkhaym and optimized logistic processes. In addition to the German branches, from the center of distribution Eaton Electric the corresponding warehouses in other countries, for example, in England, France or Spain and also end consumers worldwide are also supplied. Since 1998 this company uses program for management of warehouse transactions ensuring development of PSI concern.

Eaton Electric in many respects prospers due to considerable investments into expansion of the centers of distribution. So, for example, the level of transparency of business processes considerably increased, and it was succeeded to reduce terms of order processing more than by 50%. Besides, about 10000 names from which up to 75% arrive from own production are available constantly. Every day about 5000 delivery notes or, respectively, 16000 names of articles go. The weight of the delivered orders varies from 100 to 1500 kilograms. In the automatic high-rack warehouse constructed in 1999 the place for storage of 52000 containers for component parts of class C and D, and about 1000 europallets for storage of goods of one article is provided. Articles of class A and B are stored in a warehouse of a complete set with a capacity of 20000 containers. 1500 occasional warehouse seats are on normal, serviced by loaders, warehouses for piece goods and lengthy loads.

Task and implementation

The warehouse management system WMS implemented by PSI Logistics company was developed and created taking into account specific tasks of Eaton Electric. WMS works in interaction with higher schedule system of resources of SAP, an interconnected circuit of shipments and the subordinated management system of Eaton Electric controlling all warehouse and lifting and transporting equipment. The executed orders through function of acceptance and sending goods are transferred from SAP to WMS. A task of WMS is management of a goods flow, stocks and warehouse places and also data collection to the placement on storage and before sending and also control of these processes. After booking, a system distributes them and optimizes a complete set. At the same time the system of paperless selection Pick-to-light with the separate server for display in complete set workplaces is used. Besides, WMS communicates with a management system for loaders.

The investments aimed at development

Due to the changed market demands, processing procedure of orders at Eaton Electric company for all range of goods significantly changed. So, in 2002, three delivery units were added to the hoisting-and-transport equipment for containers. These units include the compact service devices which are automatically loading and unloading supportive loading applications in a high-rack warehouse and a racks through passage warehouse. Order of the same the volume which was executed in 12.5 hours, now, along with reduction of number of staff for 15% earlier it can be executed approximately in 10.5 hours. In 2004 other auxiliary warehouse about 5400 square meters was connected to a system. With implementation in 2006 of a mandantny system, conditions and for storage and sendings a tovarovproizvodstvo of Micro Innovation company were created. In 2007 the Pick-to-light system was completely updated as in terms of the software, and the hardware therefore the efficiency sharply increased. With implementation of more high-speed and capacious vertical drive the procedure of collecting of delivery notes was optimized. From this point the packed batches are timely supplied with delivery notes. The lifting paternoster system entered in 2009 in an external warehouse allows Eaton Electric company to store and complete goods in the automated and economy mode.

2016: Project Development

On June 27, 2016 the Eaton Industries GmbH company charged to PSI Logistics GmbH delivery of the module "Adaptive Start of Orders".

As a result of consolidation of the decentralized warehouses located in all territory of Europe, expansion of the range of goods and reductions of delivery time, it became more difficult to company to provide uniform and effective loading of the logistic equipment and workers.

Warehouse works in Eaton Industries GmbH, (2014)

The European central warehouse of Eaton company in Mekenkhaym since 1998 uses the PSIwms system for management, differs in the high level of automation, extends constantly and upgraded. The company made the decision on implementation of the module of adaptive start of orders for optimization of warehousing capacit.

The component will add the warehouse management system PSIwms in Mekenkhaym.

It is supposed that the module "Adaptive Start of the Order" in the automatic mode will control in real time more than 30 indicators of a warehouse, to initiate orders and working activities. Automatic control of key indicators will timely send orders for processing therefore the uneven load on the equipment and personnel will be minimized.