Case Study CERP Rouen

Read more about our partner CERP Rouen who delivers more than 600 pharmacies

A-Frame

New system components into existing structure

CERP Rouen is a company in the ASTE RA group. CERP Rouen delivers to more than 600 pharmacies in the greater Paris area and beyond to all subsidiaries in France from its warehouse in Le Plessis-Robinson.

SSI SCHAEFER has been the intralogistics partner for CERP Rouen right from the beginning of warehouse construction and is responsible for implementing the logistics system - from goods in up to the shipment of round about 16,000 goods and 25,000 orders a day. The centerpiece for order pickings of fast moving products is an A-Frame with 18 modules and 2052 channels.

Additional solutions by SSI SCHAEFER: Conveying systems, rack systems, ergonomics@work!, handling systems, software WAMAS®.

Our customers say

„Over the years we have built up a relationship with SSI SCHAEFER based on mutual trust and cooperation and developed a partnership that goes far beyond a mere customersupplier relationship. Proof of this is the project at Le Plessis-Robinson in which we developed all feed-in lines for supplying items to goods-in work stations together.“
Jerome Ibar, Director Automated Systems, CERP Rouen

System Key Figures

FigureValue
Warehouse size9.000 m2
System size4.500 m2
SKUs16.000
Order lines / day25.000
Bins / day5.000
Working hours / day7,5 hours

Reference CERP Rouen

Optimized supply chain from goods in up to shipment

A-Frame
  • Handling a higher throughput in less time

  • Optimized administration of an increasing number of SKUs

  • Increase in picking efficiency by higher degree of automation

  • Ergonomic work processes for employees

  • Possibility for future extensions

  • Installation and start-up of a new system without interrupting operation

Material flow at CERP Rouen follows these steps:

The supplier‘s goods are delivered in cartons on stacked pallets. After unloading, the cartons are placed manually onto the conveying system that leads to the work stations in the goods-in area. Picking according to the goods-to-man principle is the basis of this retrofit.

Although CERP Rouen chose the automated S-Pemat system in 2000, the goal of the new project is to improve picking of items with a lower turnover rate. The SSI Carousel is thus used to replace a large part of the static racks. The combination of the SSI Carousel with the Get and Pick Station enables picking of more than 50 % of the items with medium or slow turnover rates.

After the orders are picked and before the goods are assigned to individual customers, the totes are conveyed to the picking stations in the shipping area. At the first picking station, where up to 1,800 totes per hour can be processed, the combined process of adding the address label and the lid is carried out. The next station ensures the totes are securely closed before delivery using a strapping process that hermetically seals the lid to the tote.

Customer orders are transported to the pharmacies via delivery truck and larger amounts of palletized goods are sent to CERP Rouen‘s subsidiaries at the same time.

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