Körber continues to support Engelbert Strauss in its comprehensive supply chain modernization efforts through expanded cross-site inventory and order management processing. Key to it is the integration of the logistics site in Biebergemünd, which will rely on a high degree of automation, a continuous digital chain from the ERP to the control level, as well as intelligent interaction with the overall logistics network of Europe’s leading manufacturer of workwear.
The use of a homogeneous software suite – including Körber’s Distributed Management System (DOM), Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Warehouse Control (WCS) – provides Engelbert Strauss with real-time transparency of inventory at various sites, overarching coordination and status tracking of processes, as well as efficient control of the complex processes in the highly automated plant.
The site will be reconstructed successively over the next three years during ongoing operations. Its heart is a newly constructed shuttle warehouse with 16 aisles and 25 goods-to-people workstations. Order picking is partly robot-assisted, while Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) are also used for returns handling. As the level of automation and throughput increases, so do demands on performance and flexibility of the process control system. This is handled by Körber’s WMS, designed for these complex tasks. The overall system will combine state-of-the art supply chain technology and intelligent control components to enable significantly faster storage and retrieval, order picking and returns processing.
