Automotive & Industrial
Designing a future ready central warehouse in Slaný
Logio partnered with F. X. Meiller to evaluate the future development of warehouse facilities in Slaný and to design a concept for a potential central warehouse covering both standard purchased parts and sheet metal.
Outcome
Based on production bills of material, logistics data and the company’s future plans, Logio quantified the required storage capacities and proposed suitable storage technologies for different item groups, with special focus on sheet metal. The result is a clear central warehouse concept with defined investment needs and space requirements that supports the management’s long term decisions about production and logistics in Slaný.
About F. X. Meiller
F. X. Meiller is a global manufacturer of truck bodies and equipment for the construction and waste management industries, specialising in tipping bodies, trailers, hydraulic systems and lift doors for heavy commercial vehicles. The group was founded in 1850 in Munich and today operates several production sites across Europe, including its major manufacturing plant in Slaný in the Czech Republic.
Founded in 1850 in Munich, Germany
~1,788 employees worldwide
Revenue of about €412 million
Initial challenge
F. X. Meiller needed to decide whether to replace several internal and external warehouses with a single central warehouse in the Slaný plant, covering both standard purchased parts and sheet metal of various sizes, while at the same time modernising storage and material handling, potentially with automated technologies.
Project goal
Define the required future storage capacities and a concept for a potential central warehouse, including appropriate storage technologies for different item types, and provide clear investment and space requirements as a strategic basis for management decisions about the future production and logistics set up in Slaný.
Solution
Translating production data into a central warehouse concept
Logio used detailed production and logistics data to calculate future storage capacity needs and to design a warehouse concept that specifies suitable storage technologies, with particular focus on efficient and automated handling of sheet metal.
Solutions implemented
Business Case & Feasibility Study
Impact
A decision ready concept for Meiller’s future central warehouse
Clear central warehouse blueprint
The project delivered a structured concept of a possible central warehouse in Slaný, including capacity needs and storage technologies for key material groups.
Quantified investment and space requirements
The study clearly defined the investment costs and the warehouse area that must be allocated in the plant, giving management a firm basis for planning.
Path to more efficient sheet metal handling
Analysis of automated tower systems showed how Meiller can minimise required storage floor space for sheet metal and significantly speed up picking and handling for production.
Modernisation roadmap for storage and handling
The project outlined how to modernise current storage and material handling methods, including opportunities to use automated technologies in the future central warehouse.
Strategic support for future logistics decisions
The study now serves as one of the strategic documents for management when deciding on the future shape of production and logistics in the Slaný plant.
Structured view of material groups and technologies
Different material groups now have recommended storage approaches, helping to standardise thinking about technology choices in future investments.
Design your next generation warehouse
If you are considering centralising several warehouses or upgrading storage and handling technologies, we can help turn your production and logistics data into a clear warehouse concept, capacity model and investment case. Let us talk about how data based warehousing design can support your long term production and logistics strategy.
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