Dairy farming under cost pressure
Rising producer prices and a shortage of raw milk are affecting profits in the dairy industry. In addition, extra costs are being caused by the strict statutory provisions such as those governing traceability, and in particular the hygiene regulations, stipulating continuous cooling at 7 degrees.
A challenge, especially for logistics – innovative automation solutions from Westfalia are:
- cost-efficient, due to high transparency and acceleration of order processes
- flexible, as units are designed according to branch-specific conditions
- improved quality, due to compliance of logistical system requirements with statutory provisions
Practical example: Santee Dairies, Inc. – Los Angeles, USA
The American milk processing company Santee Dairies, Inc. in California produces a complete range of dairy products in liquid form, thereby using more than 350,000 gallons of milk a day. Here the customer's objective was to automate most processes at the company, in particular storage and distribution while complying with the hygiene regulations more...
Special hygiene concept sets standards
By designing a special Satellite® high-density storage system, Westfalia not only fulfilled the customer's demands for greater transparency and faster order processing, but also the statutory purity requirements. This was achieved by a Satellite® warehouse equipped with special "pans" that transports goods without carrier pallets. It also includes specially designed water jets for cleaning the storage channels.
The Westfalia system portfolio for the dairy industry:
- Automatic high-bay warehousing
- Satellite® technology without loading equipment
- Special Satellite® equipment
- Water jets for storage channels
- Automatic loading systems
- Inventory management systems