Moving on from a manual system Asahi has a number of distribution centres (DCs) located across Australia. Previously in Brisbane, Asahi operated across multiple locations and used manual forklifts for block stacking, which they found came with a lot of disadvantages and challenges. Asahi recently consolidated their multiple Brisbane sites into one DC. With the development of the Heathwood DC, Asahi decided to upgrade to an automated warehouse solution, as they previously had a very labour- intensive system in place. “Every truck that came in had to be unloaded by a forklift, then we had to receive the paperwork manually, check the pallets manually, move the pallets into the storage location and then do all that in reverse to pick them,” said Nathan Lucinsky, Heathwood

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