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Yamato Transport USA Case Study | Industrial Distribution

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Automated Sortation Optimizes Fulfillment Operations

Facing a rapid increase in ecommerce order fulfillment, Yamato Transport USA's California facility tried to increase productivity using manpower alone, but quickly realized automation was necessary to reach their goals. Yamato turned to Bastian Solutions to design a scalable, cost effective and space-efficient system to increase outbound capacity.

Yamato, a global freight forwarder, covers everything from ecommerce, automotive and pharmaceutical order fulfillment. Our Exacta Software combined with an order sortation system introduced a 20% capacity gain from 80,000 to 100,000 products. This automated system brought speed and scalability to a previously manual pick and pack process, allowing for smooth operations to accommodate future growth and market changes.

“[Bastian Solutions is] always supportive. If we have any questions, they answer us quickly and they provide us even better solutions.” – Hidekazu Takeda, Manager, Yamato Transport USA

 

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Key Technologies

The client's WMS sends a list of all orders for the day to the Exacta WCS. The WCS creates a "shopping list" for each order picker, who pick all items to a cart and then inducts them in to the small-item sortation system. The WCS communicates with the item sortation system to identify a sort location for each order, making sure that location has the right bin size to hold all items in each order. As items are inducted to the sortation system, they are automatically sorted and placed into the designated bin along with the rest of the items needed to complete the order.

 

Results

  • Compact, cost-effective outbound sortation with increased throughput of approximately 1200 pieces per hour
  • Improved order accuracy and increased data visbility with Exacta WCS
  • Scalable outbound sortation can easily adjust to future demand
 

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