Logistics center for kitchen manufacturers

Nobilia produces fitted kitchens on an area of over 250,000 m² at its two plants in Verl (Plant I) and Kaunitz (Plant II). Both sites already had stock and picking warehouses for fronts, carcase parts, accessories and worktops.

However, due to continuous growth, the capacity limits had been reached. For this reason, the Kaunitz site was expanded to include a new logistics center for customer accessories, railing handles, assembly accessories, semi-formats and carcase reserve parts.

Unitechnik realized the automated high-bay warehouse (HRL) and the accessories/small parts warehouse (ZKL).

The ZKL was designed as a single-aisle shuttle warehouse with 40 levels. In order to be able to handle the high throughput capacity, 9 laterally arranged lifts were provided.

Person-to-goods picking (PzW) of frequently used handles and fittings is carried out from a total of 80 flow channels, which are filled directly by the ZKL shuttle vehicles.

The container conveyor technology on two levels connects the warehouse and the PzW picking zones with the WzP picking stations and the packing stations.

In addition to material flow control, UniWare also handles bin management in the ZKL. In addition to the layout of the system, the high throughput is made possible by UniWare's sophisticated storage and transport strategies. They are selected in such a way that picking and packing processes are synchronized according to time and order.

Replenishment for the ZKL and larger parts, such as railing handles, are stored in the 5-aisle high-bay warehouse. A conveyor technology pre-zone is connected to the WzP picking stations and storage and retrieval lines.