Unilever
Unilever Schweiz GmbH replaces existing warehouse management system with WAMAS®
Unilever is one of the world’s leading providers of convinience goods. Every single day, people worldwide choose Unilever brands whenever they shop for groceries, body care products and detergents. The business was established in 1929 and employs about 1,250 people.
Unilever Schweiz GmbH offers a wide range of quality products and brands. In July 2005, the four major international business areas - to be more precise food, home care, personal care and food solutions - have been incorporated in one business location in Thayngen, Switzerland. Recently, the warehouse has been modified and modernised by SSI Schaefer as general logistics contractor.
SSI Schaefer realises the implementation during running operations
The retrofit project is characterised by a great deal of complexity. The project teams of Unilever as well
as SSI Schaefer were faced with a number of challenges: Several warehouse areas with different characteristics, warehouse extensions based on different "control generations" and project management while the facility was in operation. 300 employees worked in two and/or three shifts in the production and supply chain department.
Project objectives:
- Replace outdated control technology based on Simatic S7, firstly to ensure the availability of spare parts, operational safety and the stability of the automatic system, and secondly to reduce the operating costs and achieve significant increases in performance.
- Implementation of the WAMAS warehouse management and material flow systems for the optimal control of the flow of goods across all warehouse areas including online order picking.
- Integration of the existing plant components, such as electrical overhead conveyors, vertical transfer lifts, etc. into the logistics organisation.
- Link-up to SAP
- The project in detail
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Our range of products and services:
- The analysis, project planning, and project management plus the detailed restructuring, system
- Upgrades from Simatic S5 to S7
- Implementation of WAMAS warehouse management, material flow, picking, stacker guidance and control systems.
- SAP integration
- The comissioning of the entire system
- Training for Unilever staff
