Case Study: FIC boosts picking and inventory management with Interlake Mecalux automation

FIC 60% of SKUs Stored in 5% of Floor Space

FIC, a French supplier of products for construction professionals, needed to centralize its fast-growing logistics operations and manage a very wide product range—about 12,000 SKUs of varying sizes. To improve storage, picking, and service levels, FIC turned to Interlake Mecalux for a solution that could combine automation with flexible storage for pallets, boxes, and long goods.

Interlake Mecalux implemented an integrated logistics center featuring an AS/RS for boxes, pallet racks, cantilever racks, and Easy WMS warehouse management software. The automated miniload system alone stores more than 10,000 boxes in just 5% of the floor space and has doubled picking throughput versus manual systems, while helping reduce labor costs, improve inventory control, and speed up order preparation and shipping.

FIC

Yannick Taton

Logistics and Transportation Manager