Case Study: a general merchandise retailer achieves aisle-ready store replenishment with Dematic piece-pick solution

Piece-Pick Solution Provides Optimized Shelf Restocking at Retail Stores

A general merchandise retailer required a new order fulfillment system to consolidate operations and support its stores. The key challenge was to deliver inventory aisle-ready to optimize labor at the retail locations, while also needing gains in space utilization, order accuracy, and system productivity at their distribution center to justify the investment.

Dematic implemented a solution featuring a Multishuttle automated storage and retrieval system and Warehouse Execution Software. The process involves decanting, high-density buffer storage, and goods-to-person piece-picking modules to create store totes organized by aisle and shelf. This Dematic solution allows the DC to ship up to 150,000 pieces picked per day, doubled labor productivity, reduced the storage footprint by 60%, and provides aisle-ready deliveries that save on in-store put-away labor.