Mouser Electronics, the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the largest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, continues to invest in state-of-the-art automation of its industrial distribution center to increase throughput volume, accuracy, and speed of delivery. your orders, helping your customers further reduce time to market.
By spring 2022, Mouser will have installed 120 VLMs, the largest VLM installation in the world. VLMs are basically gigantic vertical filing cabinets, complete with shelves and an automated puller to move the components to the employee's workstation. This increases efficiency and available space, and can reduce the time an employee must walk by 45% or more.
In addition to the massive VLM facility, Mouser's distribution center features multiple Ultipack and I-Pack machines, a sophisticated automated shipping sealing and labeling system that can process up to 14 orders per minute, as well as an OPEX Perfect Pick system for consolidation and an AutoStore system.
"Incorporating the latest automation solutions into the distribution center helps us meet our goal of providing exceptional customer service," said Pete Shopp, Mouser Electronics vice president of business operations. "The tools and systems we've put in place offer another way we can shorten time to market for our customers."
Mouser's massive Global Distribution Center, located at its 31,5-acre corporate headquarters in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, manages a massive inventory of more than 1 million unique SKUs of products from more than 1200 manufacturers. Mouser employees process tens of thousands of orders a week—most within 15 minutes—and maintain a strong commitment to exceptional customer service. To achieve this, they employ technological advances with undoubted success.
Although the adoption of cutting-edge automation acts primarily as a way to boost efficiency, productivity, accuracy, and speed, the systems also enable more sustainable operations and greater customer satisfaction.
