Grupo Uvesco

Client: Grupo Uvesco (Supermercados BM and Super Amara)

Sector: Food and Beverages

System Installed: Adjustable pallet racking

Outcome: Storage of food, principally fresh and frozen, within 4 controlled temperature warehouses and one freezer warehouse (-25 ºC).
 

The challenge: 

To create a logistics distribution centre specifically for fresh and frozen products, as 60% of its logistics capacity is dedicated to this type of product.

The requirements: 

• Provide comprehensive management of fresh and frozen product logistics for the 143 BM supermarkets.
• Ease the supply to supermarkets in the north zone in the Cantabrian town of Castro Urdiales.
• To build a platform within the plant that will have the ability to service all BM orders online.

How we delivered:

• Order preparation by radiofrequency and voice picking, where the operator receives from the computer system through a headset instructions regarding the order, items, quantities, etc.
• Ergonomic handling equipment adjusted to each operator’s constitution and complexion to improve comfort during their tasks.
• Energy-efficient refrigeration and insulation components in all sections.
• Application of a recovery system for the residual energy of the cooling installation to be reused in the building's A/C.
• Adjustable pallet racking for storage of 7,249 800 x 1,200 mm pallets with a maximum load of 1,000 kg per pallet.

This platform represents an improvement of the handling and transportation logistics, and a consolidation of a logistic infrastructure that will allow Uvesco to continue growing and opening more stores. This plant is expected to dispatch 120 tonnes of fresh produce per day, a figure the Group aims to double in the future.