Axelot automates Trading Distribution Company warehouse in Makhachkala

2023: Warehouse Automation

AXELOT automated the Trading Distribution Company warehouse in Makhachkala.

The introduction of AXELOT WMS allowed the Trading Distribution Company to optimize warehouse processes and reduce dependence on personnel. Axelot announced this on October 24, 2023.

Trade Distributor The Company is engaged in the sale of dairy products, as well as children's goods: toys, diapers, diapers and baby food.

Dairy products and baby food require particularly careful control due to short shelf life.

The warehouse of the Trading Distribution Company is located in Makhachkala, it includes cold and warm warehouses. The total area of ​ ​ storage facilities is 5,000 square meters. m.

During the implementation of AXELOT WMS in the warehouse of the Trading Distribution Company, targeted storage was organized and warehouse processes were changed.

• Interaction with warehouse employees is carried out using data collection terminals.
• Selection tasks are now planned by the system and formed taking into account the procedure for bypassing the warehouse and compliance with the FEFO principles, which eliminates the time for searching for goods, significantly reduces the duration of the order collector's route.
• Manual activities are available for a specific group of employees. For example, if a defect is detected, warehouse personnel can register a quality change in the WMS themselves using the shipping documentation.

Before the introduction of AXELOT WMS, the warehouse of the Trading Distribution Company was highly dependent on the memory and knowledge of the warehouse employees, as well as on their attentiveness when selecting goods for order.

AXELOT WMS strictly controls the shelf life of goods. The status of the item automatically changes when its expiration date begins to end. As a result, the system excludes articles with low remaining shelf life from automatic planning. In real time, you can see the number of expired goods, their location, and also form tasks to displace these remnants from active zones. With the help of WMS tips on the shipping documentation, any employee can find any item with the required shelf life, even if he works in this warehouse for the first day. Accordingly, the period of adaptation of new personnel and the set of requirements for their qualification have been reduced.

The introduction of AXELOT WMS helped the Trading Distribution Company to increase the accuracy of the assembly of orders, and also negated the likelihood of shipping goods to customers with an inappropriate shelf life. Now the company is ready to offer customers a higher level service, and also got the opportunity to further improve its logistics.