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Inside Coop’s Warehouse: Where Automation Meets Sustainability
Coop’s warehouse stands as one of Europe’s largest fully automated logistics hubs — a high-tech space where robotics, smart systems, and sustainability go hand in hand.
One of Europe’s largest fully automated warehouses
The facility showcases advanced warehouse automation, with streamlined operations powered by intelligent systems and robotics.600 meters of sustainable transport: the Coop Train
A power-driven train enters the warehouse directly, where goods are automatically loaded and unloaded by robotic systems.Seamless robotic integration
Every step of the logistics chain, from arrival to departure, is managed by robotics — increasing speed, accuracy, and efficiency.Significant environmental savings
The automated system and electric train reduce Coop’s CO₂ emissions by 9,600 tons annually, cutting the environmental impact by 20 percent.Smarter, faster logistics
The entire setup exemplifies modern, sustainable, and highly efficient supply chain management — built for scale and future growth.
INTERVIEW WITH COOP
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Coop continues to grow and make an impact with it’s new fully automated warehouse Coop Logistics, Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Coops warehouse is impressive and one of Europe’s largest fully automated warehouses with the 6oo meter Coop train entering the warehouse with robots loading/onloading the goods. The power-driven train is an efficient way of transporting goods in a sustainable way reducing the C02 footprint with 9600 ton or 20 % of the impact on the environment Yearly.
The warehouse provides more than 800 Coop and Stora Coop stores with goods in the category’s perishable, colonial and nonfood.
The staff is working side by side with the robots to secure a smooth delivery to Coops stores. One example is the new pallet inspection solution, the PALLETAI that helps to secure the quality of the pallets and sort the pallets in the right stacks.
Pallet handling is key to success for the return and empty goods team at Coop stays Fredrik Pettersson, Key user of return and empty goods pallet handling, at Coop Logistics AB. ‘Since we sort large amounts of many different pallet types daily the PALLETAI is crucial for us’ states Fredrik Pettersson. Before we had the PALLETAI we sorted the pallets manually, one pallet at a time. It was tedious, hard work, and boring, for the team members Fredrik Pettersson says.
In the beginning of the workday the speed, efficiency and accuracy were good; however, throughout the day the preciseness, speed, level of quality was significantly affected by tired and worn out workers. The PALLETAI has improved efficiency, speed, and accuracy by running nonstop 24/7’ says Fredrik Pettersson, Key user of return and empty goods pallet handling, at Coop Logistics AB. Also, the quality of pallets has increased states Fredrik Pettersson.
In addition to increased number of pallets being inspected, correct classification of pallets, increased good quality pallets in the system; the number of decreased sick leaves is something that Fredrik and his team is proud of. All enabled by the automated pallet inspection in the impressive fully automated warehouse by Coop.
iGPS
iGPS an early adopter with automated pallet inspection
iGPS is an early adopter with automated pallet inspection and one of the first US customers. iGPS Logistics is North America’s largest pooler of 48” x 40” CBA-spec plastic shipping pallets. iGPS pallets generate measurable savings in transport expenses, reduced product damage, and other operational efficiencies. iGPS is known for its innovative plastic pallets and cost-effective pallet pooling system, each a testament to their unwavering dedication to continuous improvement and customer value.
‘iGPS continuously seeks for smarter, better and more efficient ways to improve the supply chain’ says Jonathan Parks, SVP Supply Chain, iGPS Logistics LLC. iGPS knows how critical the pallets and the quality of the pallets are in the supply chain. ‘The intelligence and accuracy provided by the PALLETAI and the data delivered is a game changer’ says Parks. Integrated with forecast you can manage the transportation solutions thoroughly. Since you know where the pallets are in the system, iGPS proactively reach out to the customers helping them to avoid double ordering, under/over estimating and over/under stucking of pallets.
iGPS is tech savvy; and each pallet is embedded with an RFID tag providing real-time tracking and inventory control ideal for warehouse management. This gives you the opportunity to see each sequence of the pallets journey in your system and the lifecycle of the pallet. The PALLETAI enables you the usefulness of the technology to a more accurate and detailed level says Jonathan Parks, SVP Supply Chain, iGPS Logistics LLC. ‘The data provided adds a level of intelligence that the industry never had before’ states Parks. The
level of intelligence in combination with accuracy in the recepies set are driving consitency and throughput more effectively enabling a more constistent distribution of good quality pallets.
In addition to this; it’s important to look at the labor aspects says Jonathan Parks, SVP Supply Chain, iGPS Logistics LLC. Instead of worrying about if people are going to show up at work today, you now can worry if your robot is going to behave. With the PALLETAI you can replace some jobs, but by reducing manual inspection you are increasing capabilities of the teams. Instead of inspecting pallets manually now people operating the automated pallet inspection line efficiently. ‘What we have done with the PALLETAI; taken all the pallets consistently being inspected by the system, you can deploy it in multiple locations’ says Parker.
‘Understanding the impact of automation, you can gain impact in various areas such as labor management, safety and sustainability’ says Jonathan. Jonathan Parks, SVP Supply Chain, iGPS Logistics LLC states ’automation is coming, it’s exciting and you must have the stomach to make the call and make the leap. You can make it as simple or complex as you want but automation is here to stay’
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