Smart Grid Material Warehouse: Stacker AS/RS Builds Emergency Support for Power Grid Supplies

A regional power grid material management enterprise storing tens of thousands of power spare parts such as cables, hardware and instruments, covering daily maintenance picking and fast outbound for emergency repairs.

Project Value

Storage capacity increased by 2.6 times, land utilization greatly improved with no need for warehouse expansion.
Outbound time for emergency supplies is shortened from hours to less than 30 minutes, greatly boosting grid emergency response capacity.
Full traceable inventory data, inventory error reduced below 0.1%, and labor costs cut by 70%.

Project Background

Traditional low-rise warehouses feature low storage density and scattered goods. Manual searching wastes massive time. Slow material allocation for emergencies and inconsistent inventory data block lean and digital management.

Solution

Build multi-lane stacker AS/RS with high-density storage locations to expand warehouse capacity greatly.
Stackers cooperate with conveyor lines to realize unmanned full-cycle operations including receiving, storage, picking and delivery of power spare parts.
WMS links with stackers to realize classified storage, batch traceability and priority scheduling for emergency orders.

Project Difficulties

Wide variety of goods ranges from heavy cables to tiny precision components, requiring high stability of stacker handling.
Emergency orders need priority delivery, so equipment scheduling logic must be optimized for fast material release.
The system needs to connect with the grid material management platform for real-time data synchronization.