Faderco is an Algerian company that produces, distributes and markets paper products for respiratory protection and hygiene for children, adults and women. Founded in 1986, it employs over 1,600 people, with 2 major production sites in Algiers and Sétif and 4 distribution platforms in Algiers, Sétif, Constantine and Oran.
Faderco now covers more than 25,000 points of sale and employs more than 350 people, making it a major player in body care products. Faderco is creating a new logistics site in 2017. Faderco’s Director of Logistics Operations, explains that ‘we needed to increase our company’s storage capacity considerably, so that we could cope with the ever-increasing rate of production efficiently and supply the 4 distribution platforms across the country more fluidly’.
With a surface area of 30,000 m2, Faderco’s new warehouse in Sétif is divided into three zones: reception of raw materials, production and a 10,000m2 logistics platform.
After a series of meetings and a study of the logistics centre’s production plans, we proposed a drive-in storage solution.
This pallet storage system makes maximum use of the space available to offer the greatest storage capacity, i.e. 80% of the total surface area. The blocks are LIFO, with shallow depths for faster loading and unloading of blocks of mono-reference products.
In addition, the solution is equipped with guide rails and pallet centring devices, enabling counterbalanced forklift truck operators to carry out their task in the most time- and movement-optimized way. Operators enter the aisles with the load elevated above the level on which it will be deposited. Guide rails on the floor ensure that the trolleys are centered and can travel safely inside the aisles.
We designed and installed 19 blocks of drive-in shelving 12 m high to store 23,000 pallets weighing up to 400 kg each. On the 5 storage levels, ‘we store finished products,’ explains Faderco’s Logistics Operations Manager.
The drive-in shelving reduces the number of aisles used, optimizing space by around 80%.
‘This is the first time we have worked with WRS and we are very satisfied with the result. After installing the accumulation storage solution, we have maximised our physical storage capacity and, thanks to this, we have increased production and distribution flows while optimising the routing of goods through the various zones.’
Order is essential for a distribution company such as Faderco, which has a very wide and diverse product catalogue.
Each single reference is arranged in a corridor, and the direction of the shelving has been designed to ensure that the storage solution can absorb the flow of pallets from production. The grid pattern of the aisles has been designed to reduce order picking time.
The distribution centre offers a large storage capacity – 23,000 pallets – as well as facilitating the work of operators.
The location of products in the warehouse follows a logical circuit based on the ABC method, which takes into account the company’s logistical needs. All this is in line with Faderco’s main objective: to have a coherent logistical response to supply the 4 distribution platforms across Algeria, with the Sétif site as the central logistical base.
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