Industry Solutions • Apparel • LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT

The operation at this facility centers completely around the receiving, storing, order processing, and shipping of all apparel. This company is the global sportlifestyle company known for fusing the influences of sport, lifestyle and fashion. Their unique industry perspective delivers the unexpected in sportlifestyle footwear, apparel and accessories, through technical innovation and revolutionary design. This operation works in partnership with them to distribute their apparel through the United States and Puerto Rico from their distribution center.

Upon receiving items, the conveyor system transports boxes of apparel in totes
into a pick module (replenishment) where the apparel is stored in specific
locations for picking. The conveyor system also transports empty totes to the
pick module where apparel is picked and placed into the totes. Totes are then
moved either to the VAS (Value Added Service) area, packing, a “hospital” and
“no read” line, or are recirculated through the pick module. After arriving at the
packing area, the totes are manually removed from the conveyor and the
contents packed into shipping cartons.

The packed shipping cartons are manually placed onto a take away conveyor
and moved across an inline scale to either a UPS shipping conveyor or a
consolidation loop. The remaining empty totes in packing are also manually
placed onto the same take away conveyor where they move toward the inline
scale. They are automatically diverted by a pop-up transfer onto the
empty tote line.

The system, as designed by a Hytrol Integration Partner, was designed to enable the company to change the speed of the equipment to accommodate throughput. Adjustments were made after installation to keep pace with customer needs. Currently, the system handles between 20 and 25 thousand pieces a shift, with a goal of 40 thousand. In addition to basic receiving, stocking, picking, and shipping, the center also has the capability of handling value-added services such as “hang-tags,” custom bagging, pricing, and other customer requirements. Hytrol conveyors are also used to help with these services.

System Hy-lites:
► Facility size: 122,500 sq. ft.
►Employees: 60-75
► Product Handled: Totes & Cardboard Boxes
► Types of Conveyors: Belt, Roller, Slider Bed, Roller Bed, Zero-pressure Accumulation, Trash Belt, Pop-up V-belt Transfers,
     & Gravity Conveyors

The pick module area where items are stocked and picked.

The Hospital line, lower level, where shortages are corrected, and the re- circulation line, upper level.

Pop-up V-belt transfers move empty totes back into the recirculation line to be re-filled.

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