Press release - Supply Chain Automation
Better safe than sorry – that’s the secret to successful logistics management. Westfalia treated the Interpack audience to a presentation on automatic storage and retrieval vehicles featuring master & servant technology for optimum operating safety.
Borgholzhausen, Düsseldorf, 11 March 2008 – A scenario to strike fear into the hearts of all logistics professionals: In storage systems with just a few or maybe even only one storage and retrieval vehicle (SRV), drive technology is paramount. Any technical problems that arise block the material flow of an entire system. Failed and delayed deliveries cause considerable expense and stress that could otherwise be avoided. Westfalia therefore relies on master and servant technology to run its storage and retrieval vehicles. Based on the principle of reserve capacity, drive systems are designed to provide mutual back-up – the master and servant drive. If the master fails, the servant takes over.
Master and servant technology guarantees operating safety
Westfalia is a premium supplier of automatic logistics systems. All its solutions offer optimum safety and availability. This is especially true of Westfalia System’s core product – the SRVs – designed and continually improved by a team of German engineers. “It’s better to be safe, especially when it comes to logistics. Which is why our SRV drives make consistent use of master and servant reserve technology. If the main drive fails, the reserve takes over. This means we can guarantee our customers absolute availability”, Ralf Köhne, sales manager for Westfalia Storage Systems, explains the priority status of plant safety. Master and servant technology can be applied to all types of storage in all sectors. Westfalia has realised successful projects for warehouses with pallets, containers (MiniLoads), trays or special load carriers in the printing, paper, packaging and food industries.
Logistics software Savanna.net: Batch traceability for consumer safety
In addition to operating safety, Westfalia attaches great importance to the topic of safety when it comes to other logistics solutions. Consumer safety, for instance, is a crucial consideration in the food industry. The Savanna.net software’s .quality module assumes quality and laboratory functions such as charge traceability or quarantine. Westfalia integrates these functions into customer logistics systems using sector-specific interfaces.
References furnish proof of operating safety in all sectors and storage systems
SRVs featuring master and servant technology and modules belonging to the logistics software Savanna.net are used by various customers in a wide range of sectors. Westfalia has helped improve operating and consumer safety for companies such as the paper manufacturers Lumipaper Stora Enso, food producers Fuchs Gewürze, Pinzgau Milch and Bäckerei Kamps, the packaging company Tricor and the Swiss paperboard factory Bourquin.
Westfalia at Interpack 2008: Hall 4, Stand 4 F 32, 24-30 April 2008
You can find Westfalia on Stand 4 F 32 in Hall 4 at this year’s Interpack trade fair in Düsseldorf. The company will present automation solutions along the entire supply chain: Storage Systems, Logistics Software and Loading Systems. Storage system SRV technology will be a major focus.
About Westfalia
Westfalia is an expert in supply chain automation. The company designs, manufactures and installs automatic storage, conveyor and order-picking systems (e.g., high-bay warehouses). Automation of the entire supply chain includes the control and IT connection of systems to logistics software such as the company’s own Savanna.net. Westfalia also links in-house and transport logistics (e.g., by means of automatic loading and unloading systems for lorries, such as SpeedLoaders, or automatic load securing systems such as AirProtect). The maintenance, modernisation and extension of systems guarantees long-term customer partnerships. In its over 35-year history, Westfalia has automated more than 650 logistics systems worldwide. The headquarters of the proprietor-managed family company is Borgholzhausen, located between Bielefeld and Osnabrück. The company employs a workforce of approximately 300, distributed between locations in Europe and the USA.
Westfalia on the Internet
www.westfaliaeurope.com
www.savanna.com
www.westfaliacarpark.com
www.westfaliausa.com
Westfalia Logistics Solutions GmbH & Co. KG
Corporate Press Office - Mr. Christian Meyer
E-mail: c.meyer[at]WestfaliaEurope.com
Tel. +49 (0)5425 808 907 - Fax +49 (0) 5425 808 901
Industriestrasse 11 – 33829 Borgholzhausen – Germany
