Zone 1: Combined large goods storage and picking area Storing equipment: APR Floor stacking in block Toast

Toast Racking Cantilever racking Longspan shelving

Handling equipment: Counterbalanced forklift trucks Reach trucks Straddle reach trucks / straddle truck

Picking equipment (picker to goods) Counterbalanced forklift trucks Reach trucks Straddle reach trucks / straddle truck Free path high-level picking truck

Zone 2: Small goods bulk storing area Storing equipment: APR (double deep) -> 3.29 pallets per SKU Automated solution: AS/RS double deep -> low running costs, fast storage/dispatch, good use of floor area, security aspects as automated no manual access

Handling equipment: APR -> manual handling: counterbalanced forklift trucks, reach trucks, articulated trucks, AS/RS -> automated stacker cranes, transfer cars have to be considered Zone 3: Small goods picking area Picking equipment: Flow racks where goods are stored in plastic bins or cartons Conveyor belts Sorting machine (batch picking as 70% of departmental orders are single line orders)

Zone 4: Mid-size fast moving goods storing area Storing equipment: Block storage -> 15 paletts per SKU Drive in racking AS/RS (high density)

Handling equipment: manual handling: counterbalanced forklift trucks, reach trucks, articulated trucks automated: stacker cranes, automated satellite cranes which are able to handle 10 pallets in a racket

Zone 5: Mid-size fast moving picking area Picking equipment: live storages conveyors

Zone 6: combined storage and picking area for small sized medium and slow moving goods less than 1 pallet per SKU, lots of SKU -> storing and picking together

Storage equipment: Narrow Aisle storage Mezzanine Floor storing and picking Automated retrieval System (Miniload ) No carousels as we store pallets here

Handling and picking equipment: Narrow Aisle: Combi truck for pallet movements and order picking Mini load: automated reach crane that picks up goods and brings them to the picker Mezzanine Floor Storing and picking: Trollys and roll cage pallets Conveyor belts to send the products to the sorting area

Zone 7: combined storage and picking area for midsized medium and slow moving goods Storage equipment: Powered mobile racking APR (double deep) Narrow Aisle (double deep)

Handling and picking equipment: Powered mobile racking: counterbalanced fork lift trucks, order picking trucks, free path high level order picker, roll cage pallets, manual picking trolley

Narrow Aisle: articulated and reach trucks Combi truck for pallet movements and order picking,

Sorting: Receiving and dispatch area: