Conveying in the warehouse

摘要

Suzanne Gill takes a look at a selection of automated materials handling solutions undertaken in the warehousing environment Icon Live is a supplier of fashion and costume jewellery to over 2,000 stores throughout the UK. To keep pace with the increasing number of outlets selling its products, the company made the decision to expand storage capacity and automate picking and despatch operations when it outgrew its original warehouse, where staff picked orders into cartons that they moved around the building on trolleys.