TGW wins high end fashion contract

An online fashion retailer faced the challenge of small order quantities and high customer expectations. The TGWinstallation will be in operation by summer 2011 and includes an automated warehouse equipped with TGW Mustang Evolution automated storage and retrieval (ASR) machines. This provides more than 50,000 storage locations. The storage module is connected to goods-tooperator work stations by a conveyor network. Two TGW Commissioner AS/R machines are used for buffering the orders between the picking and the packing processes. The conveyor network links the pick zone to the packing zone which is also populated with ergonomic work stations. The packing stations are then connected to the despatch area by the conveyor network where the orders are sorted by service level. The 1.4 km conveyor network provides a transport system within the distribution centre and links two buildings via a high level bridge which reduces unproductive product transfer activity.