Vertical storage

Complementing its existing racking and pallet storage systems, Flowtech invested 13 Kardex Shuttle XP systems, an investment that paid off in terms of improved picking times, release of floor space and optimisation of storage.

Medium to slow-moving, small to medium-sized parts are stored in the Shuttle units, which, in total store over 40,000 products in a space of 250m2. This compares very favourably with the legacy approach, which would have required 450m2 to store the 7,000 products that would make up a typical year's catalogue additions.

Flowtech, a leading fluid power component stockist, releases a new catalogue every year containing an additional 5,000 to 10,000 products.