Pierau implements planning sophisticated logistics concept for Trixie Hamburg, November 2013 – market leader supplying TRIXIE Heimtierbedarf GmbH & co. KG today approx. 7,000 clients around the world regularly with some 6,500 articles for dogs, cats, birds, small animals, fish and reptiles. More than 300 employees in permanent employment and over 70 temporary staff working in the company. For the well known wholesalers the Hamburger Pierau logistics experts developed a modernisation concept now, to expand the existing capacities in the camp. The biggest challenge in this project was that all extensions of the camp, as well as the optimization of processes had to be implemented in the ongoing operation”, reported the head of the project, Dipl.-ing.
Andreas Beermann. Meanwhile, the modernization has been completed successfully and the new stock shuttle and ski lifts are in full swing. Perfect planning: right track for the smooth changeover following the detailed analysis of the relevant processes on the part of Pierau specialists, conceived it appropriate measures to increase the capacity and to make the entire process more efficient. The actual optimization measures could begin after the executives at Trixie had matched the designed concepts in close cooperation with Pierau in detail, after tender of the individual tasks. And it happened in high season. That at the same time the capacity, for example for the picking, were already scarce, was the project stakeholders by Pierau and Trixie before a demanding task. So the processes in the warehouse had to be restructured to build for example rack systems, without compromising in the packaging operations and shipping”, Andreas Beermann explained the specific requirements of the project.
The measures included installing a shuttle system with approximately 19,000 warehouses as well as the direct connection of different work areas through the use of conveyors. Thus was a completely paperless Picking allows, which is by far easier to design the various logistical processes in the camp of Trixie. Cooperation which bears fruit Trixie is now even better equipped to modernise to meet the requirements in the wholesale trade. The increased productivity and higher efficiency are only two positive aspects, but for example also the ergonomics of workplaces was improved. At acceptance of the project we have found pleased that all wishes and ideas have been implemented in constructive cooperation. The optimization was a resounding success, “as Jan Petersen, head of warehouse logistics with Trixie. About Pierau planning Pierau Unternehmensberatung GmbH is among the leading planning offices for logistics and organization in Europe. Over five decades, the 1961 founded Pierau Unternehmensberatung GmbH has made a name in the field of planning of logistics solutions. Until now, the planners have over 1,000 projects in Europe and the Russian Federation realized. In addition to the headquarters in Hamburg, the company as well as in Moscow and with a subsidiary in London is represented. Further information: Pierau Unternehmensberatung GmbH Nicole Morganti, Anika Halim Grotenbleken 33 D-22391 Hamburg Tel.: 606 899-12 fax: 606 899-1 supervised by ICD Hamburg GmbH Michaela Saeed phone: 040/46777010 email: about ICD ICD is a PR and communications agency, which is focused on the capital goods industry and technically complex products and services. >. For companies in the areas of automation, drive technology, logistics/intra-logistics and engineering, ICD is active for more than two decades.