Akron scales warehouse management information system

2022: Start of Warehouse Management Automation

The Akron Group, one of the producers of mineral fertilizers in Russia and the world, on June 21, 2022 announced that at its production site PJSC Dorogobuzh in the Smolensk region is introducing an information system that provides automation of warehouse management - Warehouse Management System (WMS).

This project was included in the program of global technical re-equipment of PJSC Dorogobuzh warehouses. The main goal of the WMS implementation is to optimize warehouse processes by automating warehouse management.

To implement the project at the production site, the own solution of the WMS of the Akron Group was scaled up, the current warehouse topology was developed and mobile terminals were put into operation, through which the storekeeper implements its functionality.

During the implementation of this project, a major overhaul of the 585 hull was carried out with the replacement of roofing and floor coverings, wall ceilings. Rack structures were purchased and installed. Lighting, alarm and video surveillance systems are installed. Two electric loaders were purchased. The administrative building was repaired.

In 2021, a project was carried out to modernize the central warehouse, and the implementation of the WMS system was one of the main parts of the project. Already in April 2022, all preparatory work was carried out, labeling was carried out and the first warehouses were connected. The system has been put into commercial operation and will increase the turnover of goods at the enterprise and the quality of logistics processes, said Pavel Simakov, Deputy Executive Director - Chief Engineer of PJSC Dorogobuzh.

At the Smolensk site of the Akron Group, the WMS system will be implemented at all warehouses of the central warehouse by the end of September 2022.