(pressebox) (Neuburg/Kammel, 08.11.2017) The British company Hydravalve supplies machinery and spare parts to businesses in the field of hydraulic power and energy. Due to its wide range of products, its inventory rose to two million parts and items, making fundamental restructuring measures necessary. The company opted for five Shuttle XP units from Kardex Remstar as an efficient solution.

Requirements:

• Optimal handling of the extensive range of products in stock
• Faster retrieval times
• A reduction in the amount of space required
• Ergonomic working conditions

Solution:

• The space required has been cut by 80 percent as a result of integrating the Shuttle XP units
• 45 percent improvement in the use of the available space
• Batch picking times have improved by 200 percent
• Picking accuracy increased to over 99 percent
• More ergonomic working conditions thanks to the goods-to-person principle

Scope of delivery:

• 5 Shuttle XP 500 units
• Sage software solution

Über Kardex Germany GmbH: Kardex Remstar develops, manufactures, and maintains dynamic storage and retrieval systems. The company is a leading provider of storage systems, order picking software, and life cycle services. Customers from all industries use solutions from Kardex Remstar to organize their intralogistic processes in a simpler and more transparent manner as well as to save space and cut process costs. Kardex Remstar customers come from a broad range of industries, such as automotive, electronics, chemical/pharmaceutical, retailing, mechanical engineering, or health care.

Kardex Remstar has two production sites in Germany (Bellheim and Neuburg). To date, the company has successfully installed around 140,000 dynamic storage systems across the globe. With an extensive sales and dealership network, Kardex Remstar is active in over 30 countries and employs around 1,200 people worldwide.

Further information is available at www.kardex-remstar.com