Varner, Sweden: New and efficient distribution center

Varner is one of Scandinavia’s leading textile companies, with close to 11,000 employees. Their 1,500 stores are represented in eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Poland, Germany and Austria. Varner has invested in an automated high-bay warehouse for improved efficiency and sustainable future growth.

Flexible, cost efficient and green

Varner‘s new distribution center is a complete solution that handles today‘s demands for omni-channel; in other words, supply chain operations on the customer‘s terms, whether they buy in the store or online. Therefore, there is a specific area of the new central warehouse dedicated to the growing e-commerce business, which for the most part, is fully automated.

Varner_Racks — High-bay warehouse at Varner's central distribution center in Sweden.

Internally we have had the goal to build ‘the worlds best warehouse’ in order to challenge ourselves during the project and after. During the work, I have noticed that the actual process and the cooperation has worked extremely well. We have obtained a flexible, costeffective, ergonomic and green solution.

Anders Eriksson, Logistics Director at Varner

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Designing the World's Best Warehouse

Modern Materials Handling Editor Bob Trebilcock calls it one of the most highly automated and flexible retail distribution centers he's ever seen. In the cover story of the publication's April issue, Varner talks about enlisting help from Swisslog to design and build one of the most highly automated, omni-channel retail distribution centers.