When the Boots Group,
"We short listed a number of suppliers but chose Dexion for their competitive pricing, design and ability to provide us with a complete turnkey operation", said Dominic Reilly, Project Manager at Boots Group. "They had an excellent knowledge of what was required and supported us throughout the project."
The new facility is open six days a week handling a wide range of goods varying from pallets of nappies to crisps and soft drinks. Goods are put into roll-containers (rocos), with around 2000 rocos being used each day. Because of a need for a very fast picking operation, Dexion has created a technically advanced facility made up of push back racking for storage and pallet live pick lanes located within a pick tunnel. This facility is fully integrated into a new automated complex that suppliers the remaining 75% of average daily volume.
To kick off the project, Dexion's design team collaborated with Boots in creating a solution for the warehouse that maximised the space available. This comprised of a pick tunnel located below single storey push back storage with pallet live lanes servicing the tunnel. With the design completed and agreed by Boots, work began in turning the building into a fully functional warehouse facility with special emphasis placed on health and safety.
Part of the building was stripped and then smoke-curtains, lighting, sprinklers, smoke detectors, CCTV cameras and in-rack sprinklers installed. With pallets weighing anything from
The main racking system has been designed to accommodate 1265 pallets and comprises of a pallet live system using rollers from Interoll and a push back operation above. The overall height of the system is six metres with the pick tunnel having an overall height of
In addition, Dexion erected two-double entry and two single entry runs of standard pallet racking comprising of
With health & safety being a major priority for Boots, Dexion provided front angle protection within the pick tunnels as well as mesh to all frame ends.
"Dexion took time to finalise the layout and understand our requirements", concluded Dominic Reilly. "The site management was first class and the installation was carried out on budget, on time and as specified. We are delighted with the project and can honestly say it was a job well done".
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