Stemilt Growers implements automated storage for its new DC

摘要

As a family-owned and operated business, Stemilt Growers grows and distributes a variety of fresh fruits, including apples, pears, cherries, peaches and nectarines. With a legacy of innovation and sustainability within the farming industry, the company is known for providing outstanding service, along with a wide selection of products, including unique, trademarked apples, such as Rave and Pinata. However, despite this range of product offerings, when a natural disaster struck one of Stemilts three warehouses, the company decided to consolidate inventory into one automated DC. As it planned for the new DC, Stemilt identified the need for an automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) that could provide dense storage of heavy pallets of fresh fruit, while also delivering the throughput required to support all distribution from a single facility.