Gordon Food Service To Build Automated Facility

摘要

Gordon Food Service, a Grand Rapids, MI-based broadline foodservice distributor, has awarded a multi-million dollar contract to FKI Logistex, St. Louis, for an automated material handling system.rnFKI will provide the system for the new GFS regional multi-temperature distribution center (DC) in Kenosha, Wl. This is the second FKI Logistex system installation for GFS since completion of the Shepherdsville, KY distribution center in 2003.rnThe Kenosha DC was designed to provide enhanced service to regional customers while cutting transportation distance and costs. The 480,000-square-foot facility is the largest GFS facility in the region and will include five pick modules, multiple slapper lines, a turnkey conveyor system and a UniSort XV sliding shoe sorter.rnThe system, which boasts over 30,000 feet of conveyor, relies heavily on FKI Logistex software and controls to maximize throughput while maintaining segregation of temperature zones and a strict order stop sequence for loading shipments.