Case Study
Automation of Pharmacy2U Warehouse Facility
Features: • Capability to despatch one million items per month • Housed within a secure medicine cabinet, the automated dispensing robots can pick an item every 8 seconds • 650m2 storage and picking area • 550m of conveyor • Automated packaging system reduces size of each package to the exact size of the product inside to minimise waste and postage • 3-way barcode verification process Automation of Pharmacy2U Warehouse Facility The Client’s brief Established in 1999, Leeds-based Pharmacy2U is the UK’s largest NHS approved pharmacy. Having pioneered internet pharmacy in the UK and built a strong business operation over its 17 year history, Pharmacy2U wanted to implement new technology to drive ambitious plans for growth and open up its services to thousands more patients ac