Allied Electronics Manufacturing - Virtual Tour
Allied Electronics & Automation recently completed its expansion of its state-of-the-art distribution center in Fort Worth that added more than 200,000 square feet of space and doubled capacity to hold more than 400,000 stocked products from over 500 leading suppliers. It’s also outfitted with the latest automation technology from global robotics innovator KNAPP to ramp up efficiency and get shipments out faster than ever. Join us on a virtual tour to see how we’re working relentlessly to ensure “You Get More.”
Order Storage and Retrieval
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OSR Urgent Pick Station
Automated station used to process orders considered urgent based on our truck (carrier) pull times. Orders placed for stocked product are sent to the warehouse and picked, packed and shipped the same day.OSR Pick Station
Can process 2,000 order lines per hour, which doubles throughput from our old system. Products are delivered straight to the picker, whereas in the old system pickers did significantly more walking to put orders together.OSR
System consists of 5 aisles and 135 shuttles and is designed to hold up to 400,000 SKUs, most of which can be picked, packed and shipped the same day as the order is placed. With the new OSR, picking speed has increased 30% and throughput has doubled. The higher efficiency and increased capacity was crucial to reducing disruptions and delays when Fort Worth was impacted by severe winter weather in February, 2021. Our facility was purpose-built for future expansion to a capacity of up to 800,000 SKUs.
Induction
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Induction Station
This pocket scans and stores certain items that meet weight and size requirements from multiline orders until the whole order is ready to be packed. In the old system, each line was stored in a container. The pockets make consolidating and storing orders more efficient.Pocket Sorter Conveyor
Designed to take all products stored in the pocket at the Induction Station to the Pocket Buffer on the third floor. This is part of the 3 miles of conveyor and 8 miles of in-rack travel in the updated facility.
Pocket Sortation
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Dynamic Buffer
Picture the conveyor belt at your local dry cleaner. Similarly, our Dynamic Buffer is in constant motion and holds all inducted pockets until each order is ready to be sent to packing.Dynamic Buffer on the Move
When an order is complete, the system automatically sends its components to the presorter. Previously, pickers would manually have to find each completed line of the order, but our new automated pocket sortation process is faster and more reliable.
Mezzanine
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High Bay Area
This is a reserved location used for picking items that are out of stock in other locations, and for replenishing stock into the OSR, giving more flexibility to our DC management team to adjust to changing order and inventory conditions.Freight Area
This area is used to prep and process all freight/bulk orders prior to shipment and consists of a new special staging area for freight orders. Along with automated packaging, these updates significantly cut down the number of manual steps needed to complete freight orders, which have increased steadily as our customer base has grown.Open Area
Area that can be used to expand High Bay Area or add more aisles to the OSR to further increase product storage and volumes. When the warehouse was expanded, it was done in such a way to allow for future growth. The warehouse could eventually re-double capacity to hold approximately 800,000 products.OSR
System consists of 5 aisles and 135 shuttles and is designed to hold up to 400,000 SKUs, most of which can be picked, packed and shipped the same day as the order is placed. With the new OSR, picking speed has increased 30% and throughput has doubled. The higher efficiency and increased capacity was crucial to reducing disruptions and delays when Fort Worth was impacted by severe winter weather in February, 2021. Our facility was purpose-built for future expansion to a capacity of up to 800,000 SKUs.Crossover Bridge
Transfers totes from the east building to the west building and vice versa.
Packing
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Packing Station
This is where orders are packed, including those containing multiple product lines that have been consolidated via the Pocket Sortation. To ensure accuracy for our customers, the product lines are scanned into the box and packed manually based on product type, size and weight, to ensure safe transit and reduce the size of the packaged being shipped.
Finishing & Loading
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