Case History


Via Leonardo da Vinci, 4, 42016 - Guastalla - RE

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Smeg Spa

Mechanical industry, Furniture Complements & Construction


Smeg, an excellent example of Made in Italy quality, manages design appliances in collaboration with architects of worldwide fame. Smeg is present throughout Europe with its own subsidiaries (France, England, Belgium, Spain, Germany and Holland) and in the rest of the world with representation offices in Northern and Eastern Europe, Russia, North and South America, the Middle and Far East, New Zealand and Australia and has an extensive network of partners. The numbers that distinguish it include: 1,700 employees, sales of 429 million Euros in 2006 and three plants of 85,000, 45,000 and 20,000 m².

Products:

WMS

StockSystem

WAREHOUSE LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT

Software for the management of logistics processes.

Particularly for product control, errors in acceptance, storage, picking, and shipping had to be eliminated. The staff in charge also had to change the way they work and make the allocation of goods known immediately, decrease the routes and empty trips of carts and equipment, and avoid the suspension of normal warehouse operations to carry out paper inventories.

Matteo Bertolotti

Logistics and Production Manager Smeg

COMPANY

Smeg, a global brand

Smeg è un’azienda italiana produttrice di elettrodomestici con sede a Guastalla, in provincia di Reggio Emilia.
Nel mondo Smeg è presente con filiali commerciali, uffici di rappresentanza e una capillare rete di distributori.



The Smeg Group, thanks to a corporate culture that places an extreme focus on the quality, technological content and design of its products, is recognized internationally as a pinnacle of Made in Italy excellence.

Smeg, before relying on Replica Sistemi, managed its warehouse products by manual data entry using a management system. Smeg's diverse needs in managing its warehouses and quality control required a flexible system. StockSystem, through parameterization, was able to adapt to all types of storage for feeding production lines, making warehouse flow management more efficient. StockSystem, through quality control, has enabled Smeg to continue to ensure the high production standards that have always identified the company's philosophy.

PROJECT GOALS

Improving the level of service:
  • eliminating errors in acceptance, storage, picking and shipping;
  • Increasing speed and efficiency in order fulfillment,
  • making the allocation of goods immediately known;
  • centrally providing both control of warehouse activities and knowledge; particularly in goods management.

ISSUES

  • Inhomogeneous materials (components, MEC and SMA semi-finished products, refrigeration components).
  • Quality control.
  • Picking availability at the time of storage.
  • Three different warehouse types.

        • Material type analysis;
        • Input and storage flow analysis;
        • Flow analysis of withdrawals and shipments;


        • Integration analysis with central information system;
        • Warehouse layout analysis.

        • WMS: StockSystem


        • 70 terminals PTC 960 SL Telxon and HHP 955 Honeywell

        GOODS RECEPTION AND QUALITY CONTROL

        • bubble entry on AS-400;
        • automatic data transfer to StockSystem;
        • StockSystem unloading list and parcel labels printing;
        • parcel labeling with quantity verification;
        • list closing;
        • quadrature printing;
        • reporting of deltas found to the supplier.


        Quality control is very important at this stage; materials found to be damaged are blocked by SMA.I.L:) StockSystem at picking.


        STOCKING

        Storage is managed in the following modes:

        • manual: the operator chooses the (empty) cell for storage;
        • automatic: the system suggests the nearest empty cell;


        PICKING

        • connection with commercial/production management;
        • definition of picking requests by simulation;
        • generation of picking lists ( massive - single order);
        • picking criteria (Fifo - Expiry, etc.);
        • transfer of materials to full pallet line warehouses to optimize movement.


        ROTARY INVENTORY

        • transfer to Host of all variances verified at individual locations where material is stored;
        • can be done during normal working hours (no longer during summer or winter breaks).

        • Control of material handling throughout the production cycle;
        • Quality control;
        • Optimal identification and arrangement of products in the warehouse;
        • Adoption of FIFO, or by expiration date, material management rules;

        • Ensuring rapid onboarding of logistics personnel;
        • Traceability and Traceability of products;
        • Reduction of inventory time;
        • Reduction of warehouse staff.
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