Director of Service & Aftermarket, Chris Cornett, talks with Krispy Kreme’s Field Service Manager, Eamonn Griffin, about their lifecycle service partnership with Adaptec. From a phased launch plan to adapting to growth, Chris and Eamonn highlight the value of Adaptec’s service capabilities and dedicated technicians.
Customer Problem The customer was manually palletizing cases of fresh chicken and sending them to a 3PL to be frozen for warehouse storage. In order to speed up the freezing process, special “egg crate style” tier sheets were stacked between all layers of all products. The sheets had to be manually removed between layers – […]
Customer Problem The customer was manually packing, labeling, sorting, and shipping more than 6,000 SKUs of different weights and sizes. They wanted to grow their market by providing customers with the correct products at a reasonable time. In order to achieve this, an automated system was needed to take the packed box, identify it, confirm […]
Customer Problem The customer was hand palletizing and stretch wrapping two different product lines: one for moist pouches and another for loose leaf. The cases were conveyed to an operator who hand-picked and placed the cases on a pallet. A tier sheet was then manually placed between layers. A pallet jack completed the pallet to […]
Customer Problem The customer is building several new hubs at strategic locations and leveraging new automation technologies, including high speed sortation systems, to improve throughput and efficiencies. They were seeking a material handling and automation company with years of experience engineering custom conveyors within the parcel service industry. They needed a reliable company to assist […]
Customer Problem A major global retailer needed to improve their truck-loading process with an emphasis on speed and operator ergonomics. The high level goal from the distribution center teams was to improve the supply chain process. They were in need of more efficient and safe product handling, which is offered with telescopic conveyors. They were […]
Customer Problem Customer was increasing production and looking to install an automated conveying system to feed up to 74 cases per minute to multiple robotic palletizing cells from ten different production lines with multiple SKU’s. The project required conveyor integration to complete the automated system. Adaptec Conveyor Integration Solution Installation of a completely integrated conveying […]
Customer Problem Customer hand palletized six production lines at their facility for many years. They needed to increase throughput to support their growing customer base and decided to automate all lines. With a large plant, and production lines in different areas of the plant, long runs of accumulation conveyor automation were needed to manage production […]