Is your operation ready to reap the benefits of a sharp increase in sales?

“The new sortation system can accomodate 145 cases a minute, which is a big improvement over the 85 cases handled by the old sorter. Basically, the ProSort takes cartons as fast as we can feed them so there are no backups anywhere.”
– Equipment Manager

The time to market for gaming systems is critical and their release date is often a highly publicized event. If everything goes right the demand will surge. Your distribution center needs to be ready.

With an estimated 40% of American households owning a video gaming system, this manufacturer of video game hardware and software has achieved remarkable market penetration. With a market of that size and magnitude the supporting distribution center has to keep up with orders quickly and accurately. This modern 380,00 square foot facility processes more than 20,00 orders a day for customers including retail store and a growing number of consumers who order their video games and components online.

Keeping Pace With A New Sortation SystemDisadvantages of the old system:

The old sorter could not handle packages smaller than 8″x12″. Consequently, there was a lot of “air” in many of the small orders. This, in turn, resulted in poor cube utilization of the trucks and airfreight containers, which translated to unnecessarily high transporation costs.
Certain packages that were prone to rotate during the order-flow process had a no-read rate of 10%.
On top of all this, the old operation was noisy.

The new system addresses all of these issues – and more. It is considerably more efficient and productive than its predecessor and is notable in a number of respects.

Effectively streamlines product flow throughout the facility with a series of merges
Incorporates advanced gapping technology and a sortation system that can handle more than 145 packages a minute
Integrates a mix of proven Hytrol conveyor equipment, including the unique EZ Logic accumulation system