The inbound operation segment is one of the core bottlenecks restricting the overall operational efficiency of modern distribution centres. For most medium and large-scale distribution centres that process hundreds of tons of incoming goods every day, traditional manual handling tools or internal combustion handling equipment often face multiple pain points, including long operation cycles, high labor intensity, poor emission performance and frequent peak congestion.
This case comes from a daily consumer goods distribution centre covering an operation area of more than 12,000 square meters, which receives more than 80 batches of incoming goods from different suppliers every working day. Before the transformation, the centre completed all unloading, stacking and preliminary inventory work of incoming goods with manual pallet trucks, the average processing time of each batch of goods exceeded 40 minutes, and the backlog of goods in the unloading area often appeared during the peak delivery period from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m.
After introducing suitable electric pallet trucks to reconstruct the inbound operation process, the distribution centre re-planned the operation routes of unloading, temporary storage and goods inspection, and allocated corresponding number of electric pallet trucks according to the peak and valley of operation volume. The whole transformation process did not need to adjust the main building structure of the warehouse, and the staff could get familiar with the operation process after short-term training.
After the solution was put into operation for three months, the average processing time of each batch of incoming goods of the distribution centre was reduced by nearly 40%, the labor intensity of front-line operators was significantly reduced, and the zero-emission characteristic of electric pallet trucks also avoided the problem of exhaust gas accumulation in the closed operation space of the warehouse, the daily operation and maintenance cost of handling equipment also dropped by a reasonable range compared with the previous scheme.
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