Hermes Case Study - Online Retailing
The Otto Group is the world's second largest online retailer. The secret in their success lies in fully coordinated processes and cost savings along the 30 kilometers conveyor line. Retrofit is the magic word. Learn more in the video case study about a step-by-step upgrade during running operations.
A retrofit project with 24 Volt RollerDrive
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Handling of returns: Retrofit Project
The Popken Fashion Group successfully distributes its products in more than 30 countries around the world, in stores and internet sales. The returns center today is the decisive factor for customer satisfaction in many ways. It requires maximum flexibility while reducing complexity where possible.
A retrofit project with MCP - Modular Conveyor Platform
Watch videoThe Interroll Crossbelt Sorter
Superior sortation accuracy, high throughputs (from 2,000 items up to 16,000 per hour) and low operating costs are just a few of the many features of this outstanding device. On top of that, ease of use and high availability provide our customers with peace of mind: they know Interroll is someone they can trust and rely on.
Sortation in E-Commerce: Delivery on time
E-commerce and online shopping have grown tremendously in the recent years, at constant double-digit growth rates in economies around the world. If you can deliver faster, you get the business. In this complex and demanding market environment, logistics has become a key competitive factor. Considering that sorting, next to order picking, is the most cost-intensive area of logistics, it pays to invest in best-in-class sortation solutions.
Interroll Crossbelt Sorter
Economical Sorter Technology
Interroll is one of the world’s leading specialists for sortation systems based on Crossbelt Sorter technology. They are used in a variety of industries, ranging from courier-express-parcel (CEP) to third-party logistics (3PL) and the booming e-commerce markets. Among our customers are leading companies like:
- Amazon
- DHL
- Fedex
- Fiege
- Itella
- Post Austria
- Swisspost
- Zalando
Interroll is in a unique position as neutral provider of sorters and our unmatched product line of highly flexible horizontal and space-saving vertical Crossbelt Sorters. They assure maximum uptime in day-to-day production thanks to its simple, mechanical drive mechanism. According to the unit loads conveyed, performance targets and spatial conditions, Crossbelt Sorters with either a horizontal configuration (i.e. circular structure) or vertical configuration (i.e. linear structure) can be employed as sortation systems.
Download Interroll Crossbelt BrochureThe management of returns – so-called reverse commerce or recommerce – is tightly linked to the booming e-commerce and online shopping markets. Depending on the type of product, the percentage of returned goods can reach 50 percent and more, as in the case of online shopping of textiles. Firms must content with this trend on top of the regular order fulfilment operations. It is paramount to find effective ways to deal with this additional flow of goods, be it through internal process optimization or through outsourcing to 3PL providers.
Discover Interroll’s unique position as neutral provider of sorters and our unmatched product line of highly flexible horizontal and space-saving vertical Crossbelt Sorters. Here’s how we can support you:
- Highly versatile sorting system guarantees safe handling of your product mix
- Scalable, modular design allows easy system extensions
- Economical sorting ensures low and high throughput levels
Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos once said:
“If you make customers unhappy in the physical world they might each tell six friends. If you make customers unhappy on the internet they can each tell 6,000 friends.”
The key success factors for high-speed sortation are:
- Availability
- Flexibility
- Accuracy
Today, the remote retail sector is heavily dependent on a sound logistics solution. Companies in the e-commerce and online shopping sectors rely on Interroll Crossbelt Sorters in their daily operations. Postal and courier services use Crossbelt Sorters and conveyor modules to increase the productivity of their logistics chain.
The Interroll Center of Excellence in Sinsheim (Germany) concentrates on conveyors & sorters implemented at key internal logistics points in e-commerce. These include Crossbelt Sorters, belt curves, roller conveyors and belt conveyors. In this product sector, the company is responsible within the global Interroll Group for all technical concerns ranging from development and application engineering to production and support for local Interroll companies and customers. The 15,700 square-meter (169,000 square feet) center is where the in-house design and manufacture of the entire product range takes place. This vertical integration allows us to control the quality of our products from A to Z and offer custom engineering support for our customers.
The Interroll Portec Belt Curve
Whenever reliability, performance and simplicity are called for
With more than 60 years of experience, Interroll Portec Belt Curves are highly persuasive: Customers specifically value the reliability and robustness of the solution, which contributes daily to on-time delivery of parcels and shipments in more than 80,000 installations throughout the world.
With the Interroll Portec Belt Curve, the positive drive requires only low belt tension, thereby ensuring excellent reliability and low overall operating costs. The fact that they require significantly less maintenance than any other Belt Curve persuades all plant engineers and operating companies. In principle, belts are wear parts and have to be replaced from time to time. The open belt, combined with the positive drive, enables a belt change of the Interroll Portec Belt Curve in only 30 minutes.
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