Challenge: A leading internet electronics retailer‘s needed to expand its order fulfillment and inventory
Industry Group: AS/RS storage capability to meet continued sales growth.

Initial plans were to build a duplicate building on site to double capacity for both.

Solution:  The company instead chose to upgrade its existing 25,200 m (270,000 sq. ft.) distribution center with a deployment of the AutoStore system in  In 2010, the company prepared and shipped 1.4 million orders and nearly 4.3 million order lines through the  AutoStore  system, which  consists of 33,700 bins, 55 robots and 14 pick stations. 

Results: The  system  deployment  increased capacity by 2X with overall productivity by 30% and as  compared  to  the  previous  conventional environment within the existing facility. Today, the company processes 80% of its outbound order lines through AutoStore using 10 employees per shift x two 8-hour shifts per day.