Healthcare distribution using Colour picking trolleys

The Abena group is a Danish market leaders in the protective healthcare business producing a wide range of incontinence products, baby nappies, sanitary towels and other healthcare-related disposable goods.  Abena has a fully automated warehouse in Aabenraa, Denmark storing 19,000 products in 8 Kardex Shuttles 7,750 mm high with a total of 990 shelves.

Advantages at a glance

• Extremly efficient put and pick process utilizating Kardex Dynamic Zones
• Picking errors are eliminated due to the Kardex Power Pick Global Software and trolleys equipped with pack to light.
• More than 200 picks per picker/hour equals a 300 % efficiency improvement.
   

Scope of Delivery

• 18 KardexShuttles 7,750 mm high with a total of 990 shelves
• 2,455 m2 of storage on a footprint of 290 m2 floor space
• Picking trolleys with KBS "pack to light" and bar code readers
• Laser pointer for picking accuracy.

See a Case Study and video of the application below