Case Studies

Bosch

Company Overview

In North America, the Bosch Group manufactures and markets power tools and accessories. Bosch employs nearly 23,000 associates in more than 80 primary and 20 associated facilities throughout the region with reported sales of $7.8 billion in 2004.

Address:

2800 South 25th Avenue
Broadview, IL 60155-4594

Website:

www.boschtools.com

Implementation

Location: West Memphis, AR
Contract Value: $9.8M
Completion: September 2001
Full Pallet, Full Case & Broken Case Order Selection, Packing, and Shipping System
665,000 Sq. Ft. Facility
One (1) Full Case Order Selection Module with Belt “Take-Away” Conveyors
One (1) Broken Case Order Selection Module with Automatic Zone-Routing
Display Based Pick-to-Light System in the Broken Case Module
Display Based Pick-to-Light System in the Full Case Module
Trash Removal System
Packing Sorter
Packing Lanes
Quality Assurance Area
Sliding Shoe Shipping Sorter
Secondary Sortation to Build Pallets
UPS Shipping Lanes with Trailer Loaders
Over 72,000 very Narrow Aisle Reserve Pallet Locations
Automated Pallet Wrappers

Client Quote:

We had a requirement to consolidate distribution from three less than optimum operations into one highly automated order selection facility. The challenge we presented to DPI was great. In essence we said, ‘We want to increase our SKU count, distribute a lot more of it faster and with a higher degree of accuracy. However,’ we added, ‘we want to do it from a much smaller location.’ DPI delivered with an innovative design that maximized cube utilization in a smaller footprint. The new system has helped us reach our objective of warehousing and distributing more SKU’s in a more productive and efficient fashion.

Doug Pope

Seaway Food Town
Division of Spartan Stores, Inc.