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ULMA Handling Systems, a Daifuku official distributor, signed the contract for the logistics automation project with the company LUG, a subsidiary of AGROMOUSQUETAIRES, the industrial division of the French supermarket group INTERMARCHÉ, in order to improve its traceability and customer service.

The logistics process at AGROMOUSQUETAIRES was previously done manual: all packages are stored by hand and picking is done using printed lists. Following a detailed study, the company decided to take a step forward and use ULMA's innovative logistics automation system to handle up to 150,000 packages a day.

LUG invested 10 million euros in this project. The new, innovative system designed by ULMA is equipped with a fully automated picking process which can collect 150,000 packages a day. The system includes 4 layer picking robots, 4 miniload stacker cranes (FSS) and 2 case picking robots for automated collection of individual packages, aiming to minimize errors, increase speed, and improve traceability and customer service.

The solution also includes an automatic storage system capable of working with up to 10,000 pallets. This innovative system consists of 6 unitload stacker cranes and 10 STV rail-guided vehicles.

In order to ensure the reliability of the order picking system, a quality assurance system has been installed for all orders and variable weights samples, known as "automatic package scanning system", which can control 110 packages in just 10 seconds.