Uncovering the secrets of fresh goods – Ahorramas’ chilled logistics centre Imagine frozen and chilled grocery goods moving around with high speed in totes, containers and pallets. High quality grocery goods are – a prerequisite for the Spanish grocery retailer Ahorramas. For their central warehouse in Spain, they ordered an extensive logistics system at TGW. Grab a thick jacket to discover the new distribution centre of Ahorramas, we are entering arctic temperatures and chilled areas. Since their foundation in 1979, the Spanish grocery retailer Ahorramas has been growing continuously. With about 200 stores located in and around Madrid, the company generated a revenue of almost 1.4 Billion Euros in 2013. The concept of in “the store your neighbourhood” is followed meticulously by pursuing the wish of reliable replenishment of fresh goods in all areas. TGW helps to pursue this strategy and implemented a complex logistics centre in Madrid, Spain. The Arctic in the middle of Spain What happens before the stores receive roller containers full of fresh and frozen food? We invite you to uncover this logistics secret with us. As you can imagine, grocery goods are highly sensitive and they need to be handled immediately after their arrival at the logistics centre in order to provide the best and freshest quality for the customer. Thus, Ahorramas defined a ten hour order batch regarding frozen goods for approximately 200 shops with bundled expedition time slots due to difficult shop access in some areas. 400 SKUs are stored in the frozen area, where 28,000 cartons per day are handled. employees prepare 680 roller containers per day, using Ahorramas’ 14 hours for picking and 10 hours for replenishment. Quite a lot of numbers? Yes, but these numbers are crucial not only for the performance of a distribution centre, but also for the customers. As soon as the goods arrive in the distribution centre, they are sent to the pallet warehouse. After that the
Uncovering the secrets of fresh goods – Ahorramas’ chilled logistics centre Imagine frozen and chilled grocery goods moving around with high speed – in totes, containers and pallets. High quality grocery goods are a prerequisite for the Spanish grocery retailer Ahorramas. For their central warehouse in Spain, they ordered an extensive logistics system at TGW. Grab a thick jacket to discover the new distribution centre of Ahorramas, we are entering arctic temperatures and chilled areas. Since their foundation in 1979, the Spanish grocery retailer Ahorramas has been growing continuously. With about 200 stores located in and around Madrid, the company generated a revenue of almost 1.4 Billion Euros in 2013. The concept of “the store in your neighbourhood” is followed meticulously by pursuing the wish of reliable replenishment of fresh goods in all areas. TGW helps to pursue this strategy and implemented a complex logistics centre in Madrid, Spain. The Arctic in the middle of Spain What happens before the stores receive roller containers full of fresh and frozen food? We invite you to uncover this logistics secret with us. As you can imagine, grocery goods are highly sensitive and they need to be handled immediately after their arrival at the logistics centre in order to provide the best and freshest quality for the customer. Thus, Ahorramas defined a ten hour order batch regarding frozen goods for approximately 200 shops with bundled expedition time slots due to difficult shop access in some areas. 400 SKUs are stored in the frozen area, where 28,000 cartons per day are handled. Ahorramas’ employees prepare 680 roller containers per day, using 14 hours for picking and 10 hours for replenishment. Quite a lot of numbers? Yes, but these numbers are crucial not only for the performance of a distribution centre, but also for the customers. As soon as the goods arrive in the distribution centre, they are sent to the pallet warehouse. After that the
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