Zuellig Pharma Corporation constructed a new 20,000 square meter distribution center to improve order fulfillment for over 2,150 product lines and 12,000 order line items daily. The center features Dexion pallet racking and shelving to store 22,000 pallets across four storage areas. Dexion also installed an automated 9-lane sortation conveyor system that scans carton barcodes to route orders down designated lines for dispatch, reducing order delivery times.

1. Zuellig Pharma
Corporation.
Distribution system increases customer service levels.

2. “The system features the Dexion RDS sortation
control module which utilises information
contained in the carton identification barcode.”
Challenge solved. designated, route-specific, despatch lines.
Zuellig Pharma Corporation constructed a The system features the Dexion RDS (Real
20,000 square metre Distribution Centre Time Distribution System) sortation control
to handle approximately 2,150 product module which utilises information contained
lines, 12,000 order line items per day and in the carton identification barcode.
over 40,000 orders a month.
The company wanted to reduce delivery
time for non-critical orders from five days to
within two days with “Life-saving” products
despatched within one to two hours.
The DC has a 22,000 pallet capacity.
There are four specific storage areas within
the Distribution Centre with the pallet bulk
store area featuring 8,000 square meters
of Dexion high rise pallet racking. The high
volume, small or loose order picking area
is equipped with carton live storage shelving
and serviced by a conveyor system for
order processing and replenishment.
Products and services used.
Dexion designed and installed an automated
9-lane, sortation conveyor system, which
takes completed order cartons from the
specialised picking zones to barcode
Dexion Case Study – Zuellig Pharma Corporation