NuStore for NuTool

In the main body of the warehouse, the racking is laid out in a wide aisle scheme with double deep storage. There are five operating aisles and 10 runs of racking. The end aisle is dedicated to order picking and is set up as a carton live storage area, providing ground level picking locations for 1150 different items. Cartons, are loaded onto inclined lanes of gravity rollers, mounted on standard pallet racking framework. When a load, or empty container, is taken from the picking face, the next one rolls into position automatically. Replenishment stock is loaded from the back of the lane, which means that pickers can work at the picking face unhindered by replenishment operations. Operators are protected as the storage levels above the picking face are fitted with Troax anti-collapse fencing. The pallets stored in the remainder of the racking provide buffer stock for the live storage. Their Warehouse Management System ensures that the buffer stock is rotated on a first in first out basis.

When Nutool considering the racking for the new site, four companies were invited to quote. Neal Roberts explains why Redirack won the business. “Undoubtedly, the Redirack product has some excellent features. What impressed me the most, however, was their willingness to listen and develop a solution that best met both current and future business requirements. Together, we have developed a commercial solution that should support our future development plans. As a consequence, they outdesigned the other companies. For example, we save approximately four man hours on every trailer we unload compared to our old system. With up to twenty trailers a day to unload, that represents a huge improvement in operating efficiency. Such long-term productivity gains will always offset initial cash input”

“ We are extremely happy with our new storage system and I am already discussing with Redirack how to make best use of the extra space.” He says.