Dematic Completes Commissioning of AutoStore™ Project for Italy’s Righi Elettroservizi

MADRID - Dematic has recently finalised the delivery and installation of a stand-alone AutoStore system for Righi Elettroservizi SpA, a leading Italian company in industrial automation, system integration and information technology.

"We have been impressed by Dematic's global network of industry expertise and its organisational structure, which allows it to efficiently implement highpriority solutions required by our management," explains Luca Righi, Operation and Supply manager.

In the post-Covid era, the difficulty of material procurement had grown into a global challenge, impacting the daily business at Righi Elettroservizi, which determined it needed to develop a quick response to the changed supply chain environment to remain on course with its growth strategy. The company operates nationally and worldwide either directly or through subsidiaries. Thus, its aim was to improve its storage and performance of its production order preparation.

As a response to the ongoing supply chain challenges, Righi targeted upping its warehouse stock to cope with longer lead times with replenishment deemed a critical component of its strategy.

Headquartered in Mercato Saraceno, not far from the coastal town of Rimini, the company was convinced the Dematic solution would be the best response to the global supply challenges at its site location.

The compact goods-to-person automated storage and retrieval system installed by Dematic, a global leader in the design, installation and support of intelligent automated solutions, requires no additional floor space and facilitates an increase in terms of the stock which can be stored.

Luca Righi, Operation and Supply Manager

Installed on an area of approx. 170 sqare metres (approximately 1,830 square feet) the AutoStore™ system can provide storage for up to approximately 480 square metres (5,167 square feet) of products. The solution incorporates a 16-level grid with 5,800 bins (330 mm), seven R5 robots and two picking carousel ports as well as a single put-away carousel port.

The new, automated warehouse has been integrated into the company's existing materials storage environment, providing a boost in efficiency, quality and safety. The newly installed system has also proven to be instrumental in faster and more accurate handling of large quantities of items, which has led to more efficient management of anticipated increases in production volumes.

With the Dematic solution, which took 11 months from start to finish, the expectation is to accelerate order completion as well as to quickly accommodate customer demands, raising their level of satisfaction as a result. A pick is now completed in 35 seconds, which represents a time savings of nearly 50 percent.

The Dematic solution has also led to marked improvement in material traceability; the company can more easily pinpoint the path of the material - arrival, storage and exit - within its facility.

Lastly, an added benefit has been the full integration of the new Autostore™ system with the company's previously installed warehouse management system without any new software investment. It has allowed warehouse operators to continue managing the material flow using a system they were already familiar with.

Rosario Filomena, a sales manager with Dematic, comments, "designed to store the materials needed for switchboard production, the installation is proof of AutoStore benefits anticipated by the customer, not to mention in the production environment as well. And Righi Elettroservizi, which has been a longtime supplier to Dematic, has become one of our best customers!"

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