AIA: Automated Storage Systems Accommodate Twice the Production
Equally impressive, the company has been able to accomplish this increase without having to expand the square footage of its manufacturing plant, thanks to some forward thinking by Hydac management.
Part of that thinking included a redesign of the company's storage facilities. Managers knew that as the plant's output grew, it would need to stock a greater diversity of parts as well as turn those parts over more quickly. However, the existing storage area was already full to capacity. At the time, the 60,000-square-foot facility incorporated a fixed racking system with mezzanines on top for storage. Expanding these fixed racks would require more floor area than the plant could spare.