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Customer
Beyond bags and boxes - during the
past 100 years, Schwarz has
transformed the process of supplying
packaging materials and printed
products into a dynamic business
that expands across all aspects of a
customer’s supply chain; from
procurement, warehousing,
e-commerce, to fulfillment,
logistics, reporting, budgeting and
value-add services. With facilities
across the country and overseas,
Schwarz continues to be a leader in
its marketplace.
Location
Schwarz supports its customer with
over a dozen locations. Three
Regional Distribution Centers
located in the Northeast, Midwest
and West Coast have a combined
storage capacity of over 1.6 million
sq. ft. – and over 215 doors for
inbound and outbound shipments.
These key facilities support 30,000
Quick Service Restaurants, 40,000
Retailers, 7,000 Packaging Stores
and more.
Challenge
Schwarz process was to pre-print the
in-bound paper work for all
shipments arriving at their
receiving docks. This included
pallet labels that would identify
the item and its storage location.
Typically, a shipment would consist
of multiple pallets of various items
and the receiving clerk would have a
stack of labels to apply to the
various pallets.
According to George Guzman, Director
of Distribution Technology, “We
often ended up with the wrong amount
of labels - either too many or too
few. If we ended up with too many,
we were concerned that we did not
receive the order complete. If we
ended up with too few, we were
concerned the clerk put the wrong
label on the wrong item. Even when
we had the right quantity of labels,
we were concerned that the correct
label was being applied to the
correct pallet.”
Solution
Schwarz decided they wanted to print
the labels “on-demand” where and
when they needed them. “We tried a
portable, battery-operated belt
printer, but the volume of labels
needed quickly determined that a
faster, larger volume printer was
required - yet it still needed to be
mobile. We chose the Zebra Z4M
barcode printer, but it needed a
mobile power source.”
After careful consideration, Schwarz
selected the NB Series Shelf Label
Printing System. Deciding factors
included economical price, battery
life, ergonomics, ruggedness,
product availability and overall
design.
“I had some experience with powered
carts used in healthcare. Most were
either too small because they were
designed for laptop computers or too
large because they would be holding
PCs with flat panel monitors,
baskets, mouse pad holders and such.
The NB Series cart was just the
right fit for our needs - a "no
nonsense" piece of equipment.”
Result
“The NB Series
design allows us to have a Zebra
barcode printer, the label storage,
a bar code scanner and desktop work
area all in one portable
workstation. This workstation can be
moved to the exact location where
the work needs to be done. We have
eliminated the travel times of
employees returning to the office
for missing labels.”
“We are much more confident that the
correct label is being placed on the
correct pallet and item, since we
are only printing the specific label
needed where and when we need them -
therefore we have improved inventory
accuracy. We have increased the
warehouse associate's productivity
because the labels print quickly and
are readily available on the
receiving docks next to the
unloaded/staged pallets.”
“Whether the task is receiving and
labeling in-bound pallets on the
receiving docks or going up and down
each aisle in the warehouse to
locate and re-label stock, shelves,
or racking, the NB Series has proven
to be a reliable, mobile piece of
equipment. We have come to rely on
the NB Series powered cart the same
way we rely on our forklifts and
pallet jacks.”
George Guzman, Director of
Distribution Technology.
If you have a Newcastle
Systems' success story - we'd LOVE
to hear from you. Please call us at
781.935.3450 or send us an e-mail at
sales@newcastlesys.com. |
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