Kurtz Ersa Logistik GmbH
Kurtz Ersa Logistik GmbH founded
Central Warehouse: Great progress in the construction
The building site of the new Kurtz Ersa central warehouse is making impressive progress: the brickwork for the large logistics halls has been finished and they are currently being provided with the basic technical equipment and interior fittings. Kurtz Ersa is investing around 15 million Euros in this large project.
Alongside the challenges of a large building site, it is above all the organisational subjects which are concerning the responsible people at Kurtz Ersa in this phase. The operator of the central warehouse will be the newly founded group company Kurtz Ersa Logistik GmbH. Behind the backdrops, hard work is being done on the set-up of the new company. Contracts are being concluded, numerous employees’ discussions are being held, the foundation for the operation of the central warehouse is being created.
High degree of automation for more logistic quality
Even before the building companies leave the site, the first logistic workers will be active in the new building in order to start the commissioning of the plant technology. In the central warehouse, Kurtz Ersa is staking on a high degree of automation and is thus re-aligning its logistic processes in a fundamentally new way. In future, around 85 per cent of the goods movements will be in the automatic small part warehouse (AKL), which is connected to various work stations by means of complex conveying technique.
Shorter run-through times, improved supply precision
Up to now, the fundamental principle “man to goods” has applied – i.e. manual picking of goods in shelves. The AKL inverts this principle and offers the picking articles to the logistic employees at pick workplaces (principle: “goods to person”). With the highly available system, essential improvements of the logistic quality are possible. This can be seen with shorter run-through times and improved supply precision. Kurtz Ersa supplies the producing factories with materials for assembly of machines and systems and handles world-wide provision of replacement parts for the customers from the new central warehouse. The productive start is planned for the summer of 2018.