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Benchmark Briefings

To see what other organizations are doing to set industry benchmarks, here is a list of KardexRemstar customers. There are full stories available for each site listed and additional available media is indicated by the colored icons beside them. Click on any of the headers to sort by that heading.

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Aerial Co.
Application: Order picking and consolidation of professional beauty supplies
Summary: Automated system to handle slow and medium movers that allows for 50% spikes in demand; same day shipping with 99.2% accuracy and picked orders 3 times faster

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American Crane & Tractor
Application: Distribution of aftermarket parts for overnight or two-day service
Summary: Using multiple zone picking has double picking efficiencies, increased accuracy rates and shortened customer order turn around time.

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Asprius Wausau Hospital
Application: Distribution of med-surgical supplies to the hospital
Summary: One horizontal workstation has reduced floor space 75% while increasing accuracy to 100% and reducing the cost per pick by 88%

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ATEL Bus & Truck
Application: Storage of bus and truck repair and maintenance parts
Summary: Decreased labor by 40% and increased productivity in only 12% of the floor space

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Bauer Compressors
Application: Batch Picking Part Orders for On Site Manufacturing & Spare Parts Distribution
Summary: Bauer Compressors Adds Work Cells and Part Numbers Using Less Space

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BMW Manufacturing Corporation
Application: Spare parts storage for automobile manufacturing
Summary: Storeroom capacity increase to handle plant expansion and additional production lines

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Boeing Rotorcraft Div
Application: Tool cribs for aerospace manufacturing
Summary: Save floor space, increase workers productivity, reduce tool usage by 60%

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Cabletron Systems
Application: Point of use manufacturing of electronics components for networking systems
Summary: Meet rapid growth by increasing storage capacity and inventory control

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Central Florida Toyota
Application: Automated retail, wholesale and repair shop parts department
Summary: Small parts and bulky bins are replaced with vertical storage systems to reduce floor space and construction costs

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Chauncey Ranch Complex
Application: Parts department and office filing storage and retrieval operations
Summary: Vertical carousels and software were used to maximize construction and labor costs when designing this upscale facility.

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Children’s & Woman’s Health Center of British Columbia
Application: Distribution and consolidation of supplies to two hospitals, a health center, an extended care facility, 11 clinics, 6 blood service centers, and 77 hospital nursing stations.
Summary: Reduced operating expenses, increased system throughput by 500%, increased storage density by 50%, increased inventory turns by 40%.

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Coty Inc.
Application: Order picking for cosmetics distribution in a pick & pass operation
Summary: System reduced shipping time and floor space by 50% while dramatically reducing labor

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DePuy Distribution
Application: Distribute medical devices on a Just-In-Time basis to hospitals; support over 500,000 surgeries per year
Summary: Facility selects and distributes a large volume of high-value orders with 99.9% + order accuracy, including many with same-day order turnaround times

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Finning
Application: Repair parts distribution for phone, e-commerce, and walk-in orders.
Summary: 344% increased efficiencies allow business to increase by 32.6% with less than 1% mis-picks and delivery while customers wait or delivered within 12 hours.

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Galloway Ford
Application: Automotive parts for automotive service department
Summary: System reduces floor space up to 90% while increasing productivity and customer service

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Gardner Denver, Inc.
Application: Distribution of pump, compressor and blower parts as spare parts to end users and as assembly parts to feed manufacturing.
Summary: Using three horizontal carousel pods Gardner Denver has increased picking productivity by 100% with a 50% reduction in Labor Hours.

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Gucci Group
Application: Retail Perfume Distribution
Summary: Reduced labor costs and increase productivity by 40% while saving up to 80% of otherwise wasted floor space

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Halo Distribution
Application: Retail distribution for e-tailers and retailers, by a third party logistics (3PL) company
Summary: Distribution system picks up to 500 lines per hour at 99.82% accuracy

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Hayes Manufacturing
Application: Point of use manufacturing, automotive parts manufacturing
Summary: Each Shuttle VLM uses 69 sq. ft. of floor space to replace over 1000 sq. ft. shelving area

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Ingersoll-Rand Company
Application: Manufacturer combines production and service parts
Summary: Reduced errors by 80%, increased productivity by 25% while saving 75% floorspace

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Kaiser Permanente
Application: Storage of specimens, archive biopsy slides and tissue blocks, reagent materials and lab supplies
Summary: Improved ergonomics and employee safety, average 77% in floor space savings and increased productivity by 56%

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LACKLAND AFB
Application: Gun Smith Shop
Summary: Increased security, ergonomics, productivity and 86% floor space savings utiltizing two carousels.

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LifeNet Technologies
Application: Medical Distribution of Live Tissue
Summary: LifeNet cut their floor space requirements by 50% with a 12 month ROI

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London Drugs Distribution Center
Application: Retail and pharmaceutical split-case picking for 61stores
Summary: This DC doubled its capacity, quadrupled workers productivity, improved order accuracy and reduced shipping costs.

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Mark Andy
Application: Point-of-use Storage for Manufacturing Parts
Summary: Reclaimed 1,600 square feet of floor space for added production and increased parts inventory by over 40% while maintaining current productivity and accuracy levels.

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Mazak
Application: Parts distribution to end users
Summary: Improved productivity 80% while reduced labor requirements by 44% and increased aprt numbers by 95%

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MultiShifter Inc
Application: Point-of-use assembly for manufacturing and service parts
Summary: Increase productivity by 50% while saving 87% of wasted floor space

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National Oilwell Varco
Application: Fulfilling Parts Orders for Manufacturing
Summary: Picking manufacturing orders 44% faster using less labor while recovering 70% of previously occupied space

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Nazarene Publishing House
Application: Picking and returns system for books and literature distribution
Summary: Space saving system provides high throughput & productivity for picking and returns

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Parker Hannifin
Application: Manufacturer consolidates operations with point-of-use parts storage
Summary: Eliminated the need to expand facilities to accommodate transferred manufacturing operations.

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Plastic Package, Inc
Application: Tool and die storage for thin gauge thermo forming operations.
Summary: Shuttle VLM eliminates tooling damage, saves 75% floor space and provides cost effective, ergonomic tool and die storage.

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Randolph AFB
Application: Medical Records Storage and Retrieval
Summary: Fifteen Lektriever ELFs replaced metal shelves throughout the facility, increasing records storage capacity while improving efficiency.

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Rockwell Automation
Application: Storage and retrieval of reels used in SMT manufacturing operations
Summary: Centralized storage in vertical carousels, combined with kitting operations, recovered 73% of floor space while helping increase SMT equipment productivity by 50%

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Rogan Corporation
Application: Manufacturing and distribution of instrument knobs, clamping knobs and dials.
Summary: Lean manufacturing implementation and 5 Shuttle VLMs increases productivity 22% and provides the floor space to increase manufacturing and assembly capacity.

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Saia-Burgess
Application: Manufacturing parts distribution
Summary: Combining automation with lean techniques reduced labor requirements by 40%, recovered 42% floor space with an 18 month ROI.

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Scottsdale Jaguar-Porsche-Audi
Application: Automotive parts for automotive service department
Summary: Automated solution saved over 1000 sq. ft. plus increased productivity to 80%

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Sewell Village Cadillac
Application: Automobile parts for automotive service department
Summary: Vertical storage systems allowed multiple facilities to be consolidated while saving space and increasing productivity and customer satisfaction.

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Slakey Brothers
Application: Distribution of HVAC, and plumbing supplies to the company's wholesale branches, retail stores and contractor job sites.
Summary: The DC has improved order picking efficiency by almost 400% without adding staff and hitting their ROI in under two years.

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Toyota, Lexus and Mercedes-Benz Dealerships
Application: Automotive parts department storage and retrieval requirements.
Summary: Vertical carousels, Shuttle VLMs and software were used to reduce floor space and labor costs.

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UNION MEDICAL
Application: MediaStation Electric Lateral File (ELF)
Summary: Saved 79% Floor Space While Storing the Same Number of Files

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UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
Application: Confidential File Storage
Summary: Increased productivity and ergonomics while saving 50% of previously used floor space.

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Weil-McLain
Application: Parts distribution for plumbing and heating wholesalers
Summary: System increases efficiencies while increasing customer satisfaction

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Zimbrick European
Application: Automotive Service Parts Storage and Retrieval.
Summary: Productivity increased by 70% while saving 84% of floor space and improving worker ergonomics.

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Increase Space Savings Up To 85%
Return on Investment (ROI) or Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
Productivity Enhanced by 2/3
Enhanced Product Security
Extended Order Cut Off Times