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AUTOMATION IN E-COMMERCE & RETAIL

XAVIER PERELLO PAIRADA

11.07.2018 © 2018 SSI SCHÄFER Automation in e-Commerce and Retail Michael Mohr 2

E-COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT GLOBALLY

1,336 1,548

1,845

2,304

2,842

3,453

4,135

4,878

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

Retail e-commerce sales worldwide from 2014 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/379046/worldwide-retail-e-commerce-sales











E-COMMERCE DEVELOPMENT GLOBALLY

7.4%

8.6%

10.2%

11.9%

13.7%

15.5%

17.5%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

20%

2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

E-commerce share of total global retail sales from 2015 to 2021

https://www.statista.com/statistics/534123/e-commerce-share-of-retail-sales-worldwide















TOP REASONS FOR SHOPPING ONLINE

27%

29%

29%

39%

40%

46%

54%

58%

Everything in once place

Free shipping offers

Greater variety

Convenience of not going to shops

To save time

Online better prices

Compare prices

Shop 24/7

Source: http://www.ecommercefoundation.org/reports-webinars; KPMG, Global Online Consumer Report, 2017

Convenience & Price

http://www.ecommercefoundation.org/reports-webinars /



03.08.2018 © 2018 SSI SCHÄFER COMPANY PRESENTATION Name 5

E-Com & Retail Across All Different Market Sectors


E-Com & Retail Across All Different Market Sectors


AUTOMATION IN E-COMMERCE AND RETAIL



Learning Supply

Chain ?



Dedicated

DCs

Single DC

CASE STUDY: E-COM PICK TO TOTE WITH AGV

Calculation

• Design basis is 150 orders per hour

• Equivalent to 690 Order Lines per hour (6,210 pcs per hour)

• 20,000 locations

Trolley Pick (i.e supermarket)

• Average performance 30-40 OL/h

• Trolley picking to tote (paper based)

• In order to pick 690 OL per hour

• Total of 19 to 21 pickers will be required

Pick to Tote with RF & AGVs

• Average performance 150 OL/h

• Zone picking to tote using RF technology

• Paperless picking

• Weasel for tote transport and consolidation to packing stations

• Total of 4 to 5 pickers required

03.08.2018 © 2017 SSI SCHÄFER Topic Name 17


30 Weasels

2 charging stations

8 automatic transfer stations incl. conveyor (8m)

2 lifting devices

3 levels

~1000m track length

controlled via WMS/MFC

throughput 150 t/h

packing station with work tables

3-tier mezzanine (R3000)

totes KMB632 (300pc)

03.08.2018 © 2017 SSI SCHÄFER Topic Name 18

TOTAL INVESTMENT DEDICATED E-COM DISTRIBUTION CENTER

DEDICATED E-COM DISTRIBUTION CENTER

E-COMMERCE & MULTI CHANNEL NEW FULFILMENT CONCEPT


The Technology

• Pouch sorter for e-commerce and omni-channel

distribution

• Handling of individual items instead of full

cartons

• Multi-order picking

• Fast returns handling

Rob Schmit


Empty Pouch Buffer

Loading Station

Dynamic Buffer

Batch Buffer

Matrix Sorter

Packing Station

Returns Packages

Stock

• Optimal high performance solution for the processing of e-commerce and multi-channel customer

orders

• Highly efficient handling of returns by means of dynamic storage

• High throughput in mixed B2B and B2C situations

• Performance of sequencer does not depend on order size

• Scalable for growing B2C segments

The solution



• E-Commerce project in Market Sector Fashion

• Planned installation and commissioning time of one year

• 6 sorter segments with one 8^3 matrix sorter each

• 40 Induct Stations, 120 Packing stations

• Peak performance of 36,000 sorted items/hour

• Return handling: dynamic buffer for 80,000 pouches

• Footprint: 12000 m^2 x 11,7m (approximately 1m^3/pouch)



• Market Industry, max weight per item 7KG

• 1 sorter segment with one 8^3 matrix sorter

• automatic loading and unloading stations

• Continuous throughput 2,500 items/hour

• Order preparation with dynamic buffer for 12,000

pouches

• Footprint: 36x18meter, height: 19,5meter

• highly efficient usage of space

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