AB InBev

Challenges:

AB InBev needed to maximize storage density to increase throughput in its warehouse. This meant:

• Improving vertical space usage to allow a storage increase from 2 pallets to 6 pallets
• Achieving increased throughput performance with vehicles that can handle more pallets at once
• Maintaining safety, quality, and performance standards while working around the clock

Solutions Implemented:

Körber helped AB InBev guarantee orders are ready on time with minimal human effort. We:

• Implemented multiple-depth storage solutions using satellite vehicles to maximize storage weight and height
• Achieved full integration with ABI management software so that no changes needed to be made to existing production processes

Benefits:

AB InBev can successfully keep up with growing UK demand for its beer brands.

• New technology helps decrease its warehouse’s carbon footprint by 605 tons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of the electricity consumption of 600 homes
• The company avoided needing to expand or move warehouses, maintaining operations in its 80,000 cubic meter warehouse