Toy Box – CS Ellis

Unsurprisingly, the warehouse was racked with Redirack. Being a long thin building, approximately 90m by 16m, the rack runs along its length. There are two single and three double runs and they fully exploit the height of the building with the frames rising to over 14.5 metres. Two pallets are stored per bay, and there are 30 bays in each run. Having eight beam levels means the racking system provides storage for over 4300 pallets.

The rack is arranged in a very narrow aisle configuration, the aisle width is 1740mm rack face to rack face. Pallets are picked and put away by man-up order picker stacker trucks, made by Atlet. The trucks are wire guided within the aisles and they handle the pallets on their 1200mm face, meaning that they are stored 1000mm deep.

Totally paperless systems within the warehouse contribute to its efficiency and stock accuracy. Mobile computing solutions using radio frequency technology on the warehouse floor enable CS Ellis to deliver almost 100% accurate stock takes and order picking.

Recognising the magnitude of the performance by CS Ellis, the United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) awarded the company its Warehouse Team of the Year award for the Corgi warehouse. Officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony the new facility has totally justified Corgi’s decision to outsource its warehousing to CS Ellis (Group) Ltd.