SK Pharma Logistics

2024/02/17

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Our customer

The Herford-based pharmaceutical company SK Pharma Logistics provides warehousing, logistics and distribution services for pharmaceutical and medical products. The range of services includes all stages of logistics, from planning and organisational processing, inventory control, optimised delivery through to individualised distribution. All processes have been adapted to pharmaceutical requirements. Special care must be taken when storing and delivering pharmaceutical products as they directly ensure well-being, health and often survival. Complying with special safety precautions and strict hygiene standards in terms of storage, handling and shipping as well as maintaining continuous transparency along the supply chain are more than a legal obligation for SK Pharma Logistics. Meeting requirements also reflects the company's conviction that the goods and information entrusted to them should be handled responsibly.

Initial situation and customer requirements

The range of services includes both small orders and large-scale orders.
All orders must be processed within the shortest possible time for worldwide shipping.
The storage facility must enable short and efficient picking routes.
Ensuring fast order throughput times is essential.
Strict hygiene standards and safety regulations must be observed.

Project brief

The BITO Solution

BITO Live storage racking

» BITO installed pallet and carton live storage racking.

Integrated buffer stock

» In some picking areas, the carton live lanes are topped by pallet buffer levels.

Flow shelves in two variants

» Straight flow shelves as well as flow shelves with an angled picking face ensure convenient and ergonomic product picking.

Integrated conveyor technology

» Non-driven roller conveyors in front of the carton live levels are an ergonomic solution: cartons or boxes to be filled can be pushed along the picking route.

» Powered roller conveyors inside the racking are used to transfer filled cartons to the dispatch department.

Pick-by-Light order picking

» A pick-by-light system on the carton live levels shows the product quantity to be picked.

On-site application and key features of our storage solution

Paperless order picking with a pick-by-light system
Orders are picked into cardboard boxes.
An integrated conveyor lane transfers the cartons with picked goods to the goods-out area.
Pallet racking on top of the carton live storage lanes serves as buffer stock for refilling the pick lanes at floor level height.

Customer benefits

In what way has the BITO solution helped our customer to realise their full potential?

The pick-by-light method saves time and helps to avoid picking errors.
The system guarantees short order lead times.
Conveyor technology and integrated buffer zones keep picking routes short and save on in-house travel time.

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Products used

These systems are in place

Solutions for unit loads

BITO Carton live storage racking

Carton live storage systems are ideal for products with a fast and medium turnover and enable high picking speeds which can further be increased by automation. The FIFO principle ensures compliance with best-before dates, especially in the food and pharmaceutical industries.

Solutions for palletised loads

BITO Pallet live storage racking

Pallet live storage systems are ideal for fast-moving products. Sufficient replenishment quantities guarantee constant product availability. All items are in direct access at the picking face. Loading and retrieval are carried out in separate aisles which guarantees organised storage processes, with each lane being dedicated to a single reference line.