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Mecalux to showcase at Gartner's Supply Chain Executive Conference 2019
Barcelona (Spain)Mecalux will showcase the newest features of its Easy WMS software during the upcoming Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference 2019 to more than 900 attendees. The event will take place in Barcelona from June 17‒19.
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Automated warehouse for handmade yogurt from El Pastoret de la Segarra
Lleida (Spain)El Pastoret de la Segarra, a company specialising in the production of yogurt and other artisanal dairy products, will open an automated warehouse in Lleida with capacity for 1,832 pallets and a pick area comprising live storage channels. The entire operation will be managed by Mecalux's Easy WMS.
Gemco and Mecalux design a warehouse for an oil company
United Arab EmiratesGemco International, an Engineering & Contracting firm which is in to the turnkey projects business, and Mecalux have designed a modern 2,320 m² logistics centre for the Upper Zakum Offshore Oil Field Development Project in the United Arab Emirates.
Two freezer stores of Euroambrosías in Madrid with Movirack mobile pallet racks
Madrid (Spain)Mecalux will equip the two storerooms at the new Euroambrosías facilities in Pinto (Madrid), one for freezing and the other for refrigeration, with Movirack mobile pallet racking. With this storage solution, the company specialising in ready-made meals will be capable of managing 2,515 pallets.
Automated warehouse with capacity for FPT’s more than 7,000 boxes
FranceFPT, an international engine and transmission company, will install a new automated warehouse for boxes at its logistics installations in France. With this solution, the company will be able to store up to 7,272 boxes with small parts such as spark plugs, filters, bolts, among others items.
Two automated warehouses for Miguélez
León, (Spain)Miguélez, a Spanish producer of low-voltage electrical cables, will construct a new logistics centre in Spain. Mecalux will equip it with an automated warehouse for pallets and a Miniload system. Through this centre, the company has plans to expand it current production lines in Spain.
Ribeiros will install the automatic Pallet Shuttle system
PortugalMecalux will fit out the new Ribeiros warehouse in Montijo (Portugal) with the automatic Pallet Shuttle system. The warehouse of a company that produces and distributes animal feed will be connected with the production zone via a conveyor circuit, which it will be managed using the Easy WMS.
Easy WMS in the Cimasa warehouse in Albacete
Albacete (Spain)Cimasa, producers of animal feed, biomass, pet foods, salt, sugar, substrates and quartz sands, etc., will install the Easy WMS warehouse management system of Mecalux in its logistics installations in Albacete (Spain). The WMS will efficiently run all the centre’s operations on a daily basis.
Espace des Marques strengthens its omnichannel strategy with two new warehouses
FranceEspace des Marques, a foot and streetwear maker, will open two new warehouses in France which it will use to strengthen its omnichannel strategy. Here, it will prepare the orders for its points of sales throughout France and for customers who have made purchases online.
Three frozen-storage installations in Montfrisa
Valencia (Spain)The logistics operator Montfrisa will equip three new frozen-storage installations in Valencia (Spain) with racks on Movirack mobile bases in a new logistics complex. With these racks, it will receive a capacity to storage 15,769 pallets.
The picking tower by Interlake Mecalux is being made for a well-known designer sunglass brand.
Denver (United States)Interlake Mecalux, partnered with Arnold Machinery, will install a picking tower comprised of three different floors in one its customer’s installations, a fashion company, in Denver (United States). This solution will comprise live racking, live channels and pallet racks.
Picking shelves in the online sales warehouse of Decathlon
UKDecathlon continues to put its trust in Mecalux storage solutions. After equipping warehouses in countries like Italy, Poland, France or Germany, it was the UK’s turn. The picking shelves it chose offer speed and efficiency during order picking, to dispense product to brick-and-mortar shops and fulfil the online sale of its products.
Pallet racks in the RD pharmaceutical warehouse
Sao Paulo (Brasil)RD, a well-known pharmaceuticals company which sells both online and offline, will install Mecalux pallet racks in its Guarulhos warehouse (Sao Paulo). With this solution, the company will efficiently store and manage different sizes, weights and shapes of products.
Motos Bordoy automates management of its shops in Barcelona
Barcelona, SpainMotos Bordoy has recently opened two new concept stores in Barcelona, which both have the Easy WMS of Mecalux deployed in them. Besides being a point-of-sale, it is a place where customers come to talk to Motos Bordoy’s brand specialists who work out which is the best customer-focused solution for each client.
More than +15,000 locations in the new Fruveco warehouse
Murcia (Spain)Fruveco, a Spanish frozen vegetable, ready-made meal and appetiser company, will equip its warehouse with the automated Pallet Shuttle system. Overall, it will have 15,931 storage locations. All operations in the centre will be run by the Easy WMS warehouse management system for great results.
Luca Cuccolini buttons will be housed in an automated miniload warehouse
Toledo, SpainLuca Cuccolini, a button maker, will install a new automated miniload warehouse in its Illescas warehouse (Toledo) where it will manage 2,640 boxes. The automation, managed by Easy WMS of Mecalux, will allow the company to streamline order picking and increase productivity, all of which is highly beneficial.
Bracchi gets two warehouses in Italy and another in Slovakia
Italy and SlovakiaThe transport company Bracchi keeps on growing. After equipping a warehouse in Germany several years ago, Mecalux will also equip Bracchi’s two new warehouses in Italy with pallet racks and cantilever racks, as well as pallet racks in a centre in Slovakia.
Kverneland warehouse with parts for farming equipment in France
FranceKverneland Group, a farm equipment maker, runs a warehouse in France, which it uses to distribute components and spare parts worldwide. Mecalux has equipped this warehousing installation with pallet racks, cantilever racks and shelving for picking to streamline picking of 550,000 orders per year.
Mecalux solutions for the first French artisan co-op
Les Essarts, FranceVendée Sani Therm (VST) is a French artisan co-op in France that will set up pallet racks set on Movirack mobile bases and pallet racks from mecalux in its new centre located in Les Essarts. Moreover, it will also install M7 shelving to hand-pick small-sized products.
Easy WMS will run operations at the Plásticos del Segura production warehouse
Murcia (Spain)The Plásticos del Segura production warehouse in Spain is managed by Easy WMS of Mecalux
Lacticínios Bela Vista’s dairy products warehouse
BrazilLacticínios Bela Vista, one of the largest milk product companies in Brazil, will expand its warehouses in Bela Vista de Goiás and Maravilha with the installation of high-rise drive-in pallet racking operated by the Pallet Shuttle system of Mecalux. In total, the storage capacity will be 23,480 pallets large.
The pallet warehouse of the logistics operator Barsan
BelgiumBarsan Global Logistics, a logistics operator who does business on five continents, will fit out its warehouse in Belgium with pallet racks from Mecalux able to house more than 33,200 pallets in 84 m long aisles. This system will offer high strength, adaptability and versatility for the storage of goods.
Pallet Shuttle system in Litera Meat warehouse
Huesca (Spain)The meats company Literal Meat will construct two frozen-storage installations in Huesca (Spain) that will revitalise the economy of that region. Mecalux will install racks run by the semi-automatic Pallet Shuttle system. This storage solution will let the company house more than 13,00 pallet filled with its products.
Automation to manage the automotive paint of Bollig & Kemper
Plessis-Pâté (Paris)Bollig & Kemper, manufacturer and distributor of automotive paint, will install an automated warehouse for pallets in its Plessis-Pâté centre just 30 km from Paris. The supplied solution will also include the Easy WMS warehouse management system from Mecalux, as well as pallet racks to hold pallets.
Advantages of installing Easy WMS in the Gil Family Estates warehouse
Murcia (Spain)The winemaking company called Gil Family Estates will install the Easy WMS warehouse management software of Mecalux in its Jumilla warehouse (Murcia - Spain).
Mercadona sets up shop in Portugal with help from Mecalux
Oporto (Portugal)Mercadona, the leader in the Spanish supermarket sector, will open between eight and ten supermarkets in Portugal sometime in the second half of 2019. The company is building a logistics centre near Oporto to supply these shops and which will be equipped with pallet racks and drive-in pallet racks.
Exphar will equip its warehouse with Easy WMS
Nivelles (Belgium)Exphar, a Belgian company that manufactures and distributes medicine in Africa, will install the Easy WMS warehouse management system of Mecalux in its Nivelles storage installations in Belgium. This WMS will manage the reception, preparation and dispatch of order being sent to Africa faster.
Easy WMS in the Brasserie de Vézelay warehouse
FranceThe artisanal beer maker Brasserie de Vézelay will deploy Easy WMS in its distribution centre in France. The intelligent management of its warehouse will yield many advantages, such as a stricter control over artisanal beers ready to be distributed and raw materials being sent to production.
What is omnichannel shopping?
Omnichannel shopping is the integration of all the channel customers use to indiscriminately make purchases from any of these channels. With the rise of e-commerce, companies must transform their operations, including their logistics, to deal with the increase of orders made over the Internet.