MARKET OUTLOOK
Any Mega Distribution Centre is set up with the following logical workflow segmentation: Inbound Handling, Convey and Transport, Storage and Buffering, Case Picking, Piece Picking, Outbound Handling.
SNAPSHOT OF AUTOMATION
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The inbound receiving area has 10 automated and 3 manual Docks with a capacity to receive 74,000+ cartons per day. It can handle 230 x 20ft equivalent containers per day.
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To ship out goods, there are 36 Docks of which 10 docks are dedicated for garments on hanger. Outbound movement capacity is 90,000+ cartons and 250,000 GOH per day.
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To automate pallet storage and retrieval there is a 43M high rack building with cladding. It has over 36,000 pallet positions that are fed and emptied by 4 x 41M high tower cranes, in an automated fashion with manual intervention.
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The heart of the Mega Distribution Centre is serviced by a high-speed shuttle system, that uses 746 shuttles across 575,000 storage positions, across 33 levels, using 44 lifts and 28 workstations.
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The facility can manage 144,000 garments on hangar per day through 3 steam tunnel finishers, with a total of 2 million garments.
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Another high-speed shuttle system has 370,000 storage positions, 533 shuttles, across 24 levels, and 50 lifts.
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The Mega Distribution Centre is EHS certified and plans to meet 50% of its energy through an 8.2 MWP rooftop solar system, the single largest in the region.
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The automated conveyor systems cover 50Km in length.
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Cartons are automatically sorted at the rate of 10,000 cartons per hour.
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