Claes Distribution

Group Claes is a dynamic family business and profiles itself as the professional supplier of the meat processing sector. The company represents a wide range of domestic and foreign manufacturers.
The Group has two core activities: Claes Distribution and Claes Machines.
Claes Distribution is a wholesaler of supplies for the meat processing sector and distributes more than 14,000 quality products with its own trucks in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and France.
Claes Machines offers a complete range of machines for the meat processing sector. Maintenance and repairs are carried out by its own qualified employees.

Activities

  • Data analysis
  • Concept design for various alternatives with regard to the positioning of the loading docks, variants for internal transport and organization of the new warehouse
  • Productivity analysis of picking strategies
  • Investment analysis
  • Definition of implementation strategy

Logistics concept study for warehouse extension

At the time of the study:

Van Looy Group is requested in a 2nd opinion exercise to challenge the design and infrastructure of the nieuw warehouse. Additional attention is requested for the
positioning of the loading docks and the planned picking strategies.

Objectives

Design a logistics concept taking into account following requirements:

  • improved positioning loading docks;
  • improved picking strategies;
  • improved traffic flux on the site.

Result

A concept design in which the 12 loading docks were repositioned and in which the picking process was organised according to zone picking.

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