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April 29, 2005
Small Parts Stored With Plenty of Room to Spare
Diamond Phoenix, a integrator of material handling systems, recently installed a SMARTdepot Vertical Lift Module for Qualtex in its Denton, Manchester facility. Qualtex, Europe’s largest manufacturer and distributor of domestic appliance spare parts, was quickly running out of space to store its increasing inventory.
(PRWEB) April 29, 2005 -- Diamond Phoenix, a leader in the integration of high performance material handling systems, recently installed a SMARTdepotTM Vertical Lift Module for Qualtex in its Denton, Manchester facility. Qualtex, Europe’s largest manufacturer and distributor of domestic appliance spare parts, was quickly running out of space to store its increasing inventory.
Established over 40 years ago, Qualtex has more than 4500 product lines, including washing machine spare parts and vacuum bags. The recent addition of 2000 new stock items of small moving parts meant that Qualtex required an effective storage system to improve productivity and efficiency within its distribution center. The solution was the Diamond Phoenix SMARTdepotTM, which was installed at the facility in November 2004.
The Diamond SMARTdepot™ Multi-bay Vertical Lift Module with its patented Cross-bayTM technology provides significant space savings when compared to a more traditional static shelving system. The increase of storage density can result in floor space recovery of more than 75% and picking productivity can be increased by up to 2.5 times because walking and searching times are significantly reduced or eliminated.
Philip Hulme, Managing Director of Qualtex said, “Following a recommendation from another supplier, I chose Diamond Phoenix based on its new technology. Seeing its machines in operation at another site reinforced my decision to make this investment.”
Standing nearly 36 feet tall, the SMARTdepotTM makes maximum use of the vertical space in the building. Parts are stored on trays approximately 75 inches wide by 32 inches deep. As employees fill orders, trays are automatically delivered at ergonomically correct heights.
Philip continued, “Diamond Phoenix equipment stands out from other suppliers, and I am extremely pleased with the service it provided. I am positive the SMARTdepot will make significant improvements to the way Qualtex is run, and I intend to maintain a close relationship with Diamond Phoenix for any potential future investments!”
For more information, visit http://www.diamondphoenix.com.
Diamond Phoenix is the industry leader providing integrated materials handling solutions for order fulfillment systems. Diamond Phoenix is headquartered in Lewiston, Maine with offices in Philadelphia, PA, Charlotte, NC, Salt Lake City, UT, Grand Rapids, MI, Los Angeles, CA, Cincinnati, OH, Cleveland, OH, Atlanta, GA, and London, England. For more information about Diamond Phoenix products and services, go to www.diamondphoenix.com.
Posted by Industrial-Manufacturing at April 29, 2005 06:36 AM