io supported this project with a team of logistics and IT experts in the implementation and go‑live phases.
HARIBO built a new production, administration and logistics site at Grafschaft Innovation Park, close to its existing headquarters in Bonn.
io project managers were also in charge of scheduling, cost controlling and coordinating the various parties involved.
Centralizing all inventories has significantly reduced the complexity involved in controlling multiple warehouse locations. The new central logistics warehouse handles all production supply and disposal.
Finished goods, raw materials, and manufacturing and operating supplies are stored in the automatic high-bay warehouse that provides around 100,000 pallet storage places in over 20 aisles. Manually operated cold storages were added to the logistics center to adequately accommodate flavor products and other high-quality raw materials needed for production.
The outgoing goods area features automatic sequencers that arrange the loading sequences in consignment buffer lanes. All areas are automatically connected over two levels with heavy-duty electric pallet floor conveyors.
Client
HARIBO is a world market leader in fruit gums and licorice, active in more than 100 countries across the world. The family-owned company is now in its third generation, producing at 16 locations in ten countries and with a workforce of more than 7,000 people. 3,000 of these employees work in Germany alone.
The challenge
Solution
Future-proof systems and facilities provide manufacturing companies and retailers in the food industry the efficiency, flexibility and safety they need.
io uses the latest technologies and offers comprehensive services, making us the partner of choice for successful digital transformation in warehousing, transportation and production.
Future-proof systems and facilities provide manufacturing companies and retailers in the food industry the efficiency, flexibility and safety they need.
io uses the latest technologies and offers comprehensive services, making us the partner of choice for successful digital transformation in warehousing, transportation and production.