TRB Limited - St. Asaph, Clwyd
In 2000 a new, purpose built manufacturing plant was opened in North Wales by TRB Limited, a leading provider of Automotive Electronic Components. Metalrax was approved to design, manufacture and install a storage and handling solution that would allow incoming components and finished goods to flow through the stores as part of their supply loop.
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Completed orders are collated and despatched to leading car manufacturers in the U.K., France and Turkey. This could be as often as every two hours. The supply loop for goods into France, for example, is on a six-day cycle where the customer’s inventory is stocked twice a day.Metalrax working in partnership with TRB designed a live storage system for goods received. On arrival, components are date stamped guaranteeing a strict rotation of material to the production lines. The live storage system has the added benefit of maximising the effectiveness of the stock control system and ensuring the stock inventory is kept to an absolute minimum.
From the 160 different components received up to 40 finished products are assembled, which are then returned to the stores area in dedicated transport containers. Finished consignments are placed within one of five multi-lane banks of low level System 25 gravity roller conveyors.
The movement of over 3 million finished components each year, feeding assembly lines throughout Europe with high quality products, on time, every time, demanded a dynamic material handling system. Metalrax, in collaboration with TRB, met the challenge and created a solution that is simple yet flexible and effective.
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