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Fossil, Germany: Optimizing merchandise flow and increasing capacity
Vintage style fashion retailer Fossil needed a logistics solution to equip it for mutli-channel sales via retail, wholesale and online. With high sales, seasonal fluctuations, variable order sizes and a broad product range, Fossil upgraded its warehouse and picking facility for dramatic reductions in delivery times.
SmartCarrier system for multi-channel retailing
Intelligent future-proof warehousing and transport solution is highly responsive to fluctuations in customer demand:
- Processes 40,000 order lines per day
- Automated system delivers virtually zero picking error rate
- Outputs up to 13,000 packages per day
- 6 aisle, 19-level automated case warehouse
- 2.2km conveyor to workstations
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The SmartCarrier scalable and dynamic shuttle facility optimizes the flow of Fossil merchandise
Logistics center for multi-channel retail
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We needed a logistics solution capable of supporting our new sales channels with fast and efficient processes.