Two facilitiesbecame one.
250% more tonnage stored in the primary location.
CareGo changed how this steel service center used its space, workforce and material flow, creating enough capacity to consolidate operations while reducing operating, labour and logistics costs.
Capacity
250%
more tonnage stored across all products
Operations
2 facilities
consolidated into 1 primary location
Cost
Reduced
operating, labour and logistics costs
Throughput
Improved
feed to splitting and packaging lines
1. The challenge
Growth had outgrown the operating model.
The steel service center was operating across multiple facilities. Managing inventory, material movement and people across locations drove up operating, labour and logistics costs, and made it harder to compete.
The obvious answer:
Keep operating two facilities.
The CareGo question:
Could one facility do the work of both?
2. The solution
Unlock capacity with vertical storage and intelligent material flow.
Before CareGo
Lower density storage required two separate facilities.
With
Automated vertical stacking increased density dramatically.
3. The results
Consolidation. Lower costs. Higher performance.
Capacity
250%
increase in tonnage stored across all products.
Operations
2 to 1
two facilities consolidated into one primary location.
Cost
Reduced
operating, labour and logistics costs.
Throughput
Improved
automated feed to splitting and packaging lines drastically improved throughput.
Workforce
Reallocated
workforce reallocated and workplace efficiency improved to address labour market challenges.
4. How CareGo did it
More than storage. A connected operation.
Interlocking cassettes
Automated vertical stacking created the density needed to consolidate operations.
TELIA
Coordinates inventory and material movement across the entire facility in real time.
Production line integration
Automated feed delivers the right material, in the right sequence, to splitting and packaging lines.
Facility wide flow
Storage and production work together, eliminating the need to move material between multiple facilities.
5. What this means for you
Different roles. Same impact.
Owner
Increase the value of your business by reducing complexity and eliminating unnecessary duplication.
CEO
Create room for growth without letting facility structure become the constraint on your business.
CFO
Challenge the cost of operating multiple facilities when consolidation could deliver better results.
VP of Operations
Bring storage, material flow and production feed together for a more coordinated operation.
Plant Manager
Handle substantially more material while making better use of your facility and your team.
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