2154: The Supply Chain Innovations Transforming Parts Town
Kenny William is the "Senior Director of Distribution Center Wizardry" at Parts Town, the world's largest distributer of OEM parts for the food service industry. Parts Town has made significant automation improvements at its recently expanded 300,000 sq. ft. distribution center. The company implemented AutoStore, an automatic storage and retrieval system (AS/RS) that has helped improve picking accuracy by more than 50% and handles 72% of parts picks in only 7% of the total distribution center space. The distribution center also features over 100 robots and an elevated conveyor belt that moves…
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