TAU’s new Mecalux system doubles the company’s picking capacity
Mecalux is designing an expansion of a TAU plant’s logistics system to meet its growing needs, thus stepping up the picking of orders for the European area which accounts for more than 70% of its total turnover.

The robotics system and EasyWMS® warehouse management software installed by Mecalux will allow TAU Cerámica to consolidate its loads as 92% of lorries will be able to leave from the same centre in Castellón.

Mecalux has designed the 40% expansion of the logistics system at one of TAU’s plants. Our company has once again handed the job of improving our logistics capacity to Mecalux, as the company carried out the original installation in 2007 and it has now been extended in order to bring it into line with the company’s growth and changing needs, thus increasing our ability to respond to orders from our customers and to supply them with the products they have asked for quickly and efficiently. Stepping up picking in the European area, which accounts for more than 70% of TAU’s total turnover, was the main target when it came to designing the system. The combination of the robotics system and the EasyWMS® warehouse management software system put together for TAU by Mecalux makes this a unique facility which will give our company truly amazing potential for growth.

TAU will be able to ensure that orders arrive sooner, irrespective of size, and the expansion will also allow TAU to consolidate its loads as 92% of lorries will be able to leave from the same centre.

Expansion on the go.
The expansion has been designed especially for picking from pallets and once it is complete, the pallet capacity will rise from roughly 4,200 to approximately 7000, and the system will then have 4 totally automatic picking stations, aided by a pneumatic gripper used to support and hold the materials, which is important with something as heavy and delicate as ceramics. The warehouse, which measures around 4,500 m2, will go from 3 to 5 transelevators and from 3 to 5 corridors. The expansion will take place whilst the existing system continues to operate, which means that, given the exceptional conditions under which it will be assembled, the estimated delivery time is between 10 and 12 months so that it does not interfere with its usual operations.

At the cutting edge of storage systems.
TAU has every confidence in Mecalux as a company at the cutting edge of the revolution in storage systems, thanks to its constant investment in R&D. Software and warehouse automation are the main ways in which the company aims to achieve growth in order to respond to the needs of companies which need both to improve their competitiveness and efficiency and to cut costs.