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Food Manufacturing Solutions |
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Grocery customers are ordering less full pallet and more mixed pallet quantities. Layer and case picking labor costs are escalating. The labor pool is becoming more challenging. Food manufacturers and distributors are looking for cost effective solutions to become more efficient operators.
Why Automate?
Take advantage of available technologies to introduce new levels of customer service while benefitting from reduced material handling costs. Adapt to new customer requirements and order fulfillment trends while adding flexibility to your operations. Key areas of opportunity include:
Pallet Storage Savings
- Put away and replenishment costs can be reduced by as much as 80%
- Dynamic slotting provides increased pick facings
- Increased inventory Accuracy
Layer Level Efficiencies
- Eliminate building layers case by case
- Optimize rack density
- Reduce product damage
Lower Cost Per Case
- Significantly reduce direct labor and associated costs (by as much as 70-90%)
- Significantly reduce transportation costs
- Reduce product damage
Grow The Business
- Optimize warehouse utilization
- Provide value add services
- Improve customer service
- Achieve 99.9%+ shipment accuracy
Why HK Systems?
Experience.
For the past three decades, HK Systems has become the most called upon provider of integrated material handling and integrated logistics software solutions in North America. With over 1,000 large systems in operation, HK Systems has a proven track record of delivering successful technologies to address its customer’s business needs.
Approach.
Simplify, Automate, Integrate - this approach ensures the highest return on investment for our clients. We don’t just apply equipment to automate poor processes. Rather, we evaluate your operation using actual data and design a process that is optimized for your facility. Only then do we look at applying automation to improve productivity.
Partnership.
A large percentage of HK’s business is through repeat business with existing clients. This is not only a testimonial to our quality approach and solutions, but most importantly, it is a testimonial to our uncompromised service and support for a long term partnership.
Why Food Manufacturing?
Food manufacturing operations is diverse by its very nature, by far the largest and most complex supply chain in the world. Leverage HK System’s diverse install base in food manufacturing and distribution to meet your specific needs. Take advantage of proven industry experts to solve complex material handling and logistics challenges:
- Leader in automated frozen food environments
- A full range of semi-automated to fully automated options
- ASRS, AGV, Conveyor, Robotic and Software expertise
- Return on Investment savvy analysis
For more information about HK Systems' Food Manufacturing industry solutions, complete the online information request form or call us at 1-800-HKSYSTEMS.
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