SDI Group keeps DCs on track for growth

At Matalan’s new 575,000ft² Galaxy Distribution Centre, in Knowsley Industrial Park, Merseyside, SDI is installing a T500 trolley system. Meanwhile, at an existing, 320,000ft² Matalan DC in Corby, Northants, a ‘4-inch trolley’ Goods on Hanger (GoH) system is being installed as part of a project to increase capacity from 1 million to 7 million units of storage.

The T500 hanging garment trolley system, named after its centrally suspended 500mm trolleys, which can carry up to 35kg along an extruded aluminium rail, will serve both store replenishment and order fulfilment for ecommerce. It will run from receiving into storage then through to a 200 store lane sorter and finally into dispatch for Matalan’s retail stores. Stock to fulfil ecommerce requirements, will be sent to an ecommerce processing area.

In addition to supplying and integrating its garment handling system into hanging garment racking from another supplier, SDI Group is providing low-level plc controls and an upper-level Warehouse Control System (WCS) to direct Matalan’s product from receiving to despatch. The system will also interface to Matalan’s Warehouse Management System (WMS).