Cold Storage System Case Study
Rochelle, IL
System Hardware/Software
- KPI-S WES Software and Control System
- 9 High bay cranes
- High bay pallet shuttle system: 3 lifts, 3 aisle carts, and 3 row carts
- Layer picking: 2 gantry
- 2 Case picking cranes
- Goods-to-person
- 2 High-speed stretch wrappers
- 4 Pallet support board inserters
- 4 Print & Apply machines
- 28 Scanners
- 329 Pallet conveyors
- High-speed monorail: 50 carts
The Details
Facility Size
116,424 Square Feet
14M Cubic Feet
High bay 120’h
Low bay 33,880 square feet
Project Value
$90 M
Products Handled
Frozen Foods – Pallets, Layers, Cases
Throughput/Capacity
53,000 Pallet positions
Annual volume (pounds) 1 billion
Turns per year – 14 average
Pallet pick – 63% of volume
Half pallet pick – 14% of volume
Layer pick – 22% of volume
Case pick – 1% of volume
People/Shifts
Operations are 6 days per week and 3 shifts per day
SKUs
2,000
