Matalan’s new headquarters complex, which is currently under construction with a 2015 completion date, will sit alongside its 575,000 sq.ft. Galaxy Distribution Centre, at Knowsley Industrial Park, Merseyside. The Distribution Centre is being equipped with the latest automated materials handling systems from SDI Group in the shape of a T500 hanging garment trolley system. The system comprises centrally suspended 500mm trolleys which can each carry up to 35kg along an extruded aluminium rail and will serve both store replenishment and Matalan’s growing ecommerce order fulfilment needs. The system will run from receiving into storage then through to a 200 store lane sorter and finally into despatch for stores. Stock for ecommerce orders will be sent to a dedicated ecommerce processing area.
In addition to supplying and integrating its garment handling system into hanging garment racking from another supplier, SDI Group is providing low-level pick controls and an upper level warehouse control system (WCS) to direct Matalan’s product from receiving to despatch. The system will also interface with Matalan’s warehouse management systems (WMS). In addition SDI is installing a Goods on Hanger system at Matalan’s Corby, Northants facility as part of a project to increase capacity from 1 million to 7 million units of storage within this 320,000 sq.ft. distribution centre.
Matalan is the UK’s leading our of town fashion and homewares retailer and operates some 216 stores, and e-commerce platform and 10 overseas franchise stores.
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