Home Improvement Giant Qérys Group Boosts Efficiency Despite Pandemic Disruptions

Industry

Industrial

Country

France

Discover how Qérys Group successfully rolled out the Exotec^® Skypod^® system on time in 2021—despite the challenges of the pandemic—boosting storage density by 4x and more than doubling throughput to better serve their customers.

About Qérys Group

Qérys Group is based in France. All of their subsidiaries offer a wide range of home improvement products. Orders are handled by two logistics platforms, processing an average of over 4,200 orders daily.

The Challenge

Over the years, Qérys Group subsidiaries’ offerings have grown to include more than 40,000 SKUs. To meet its service commitments, Qérys Group needed to implement a faster and more efficient fulfillment system that could connect and evolve seamlessly with the existing infrastructure.

The Skypod System Solution

Robots	Picking Stations	Replenishment Stations	Storage Bins	Bins/Hour	Rack Height	System Footprint
60	4	2	25,250	1,480	11.6 m (38 ft)	1,194 m² (12,852 ft²)

Key Results

Game-Changing Performance

Throughput more than doubled with elegant goods-to-person robotics
Utilized entire height of warehouse with 11.6 m (38 ft) tall racks to increase storage density by 4x
Eliminated production bottlenecks from high-rotation items among over 40,000 references, ensuring retrieval of any SKU to a picking station within 2 minutes

Plug & Play Modularity

Installed with minimal interruptions to ongoing operations and ahead of schedule despite COVID-19 restrictions
System dimensioned for phased growth with ability to seamlessly add robots within minutes, picking stations within days, and storage racks within weeks
Seamlessly connected to existing order fulfillment systems