Peugeot Motor Company

The bottom bays are unusual in that they utilise the stub arm and pallet rail assembly from Redirack’s drive-in racking. The bays are double height and have stillages stored on two levels. However, the upper stillages are supported on the pallet rails rather than sitting on the lower stillage. This means that Peugeot can pick or replace either stillage without moving the other, and the orderpicking operation is not hampered by a rack beam running across the middle of the bay at low level.

The aisles are three metres wide, enabling two of Peugeot’s mobile order picking vehicles to work in the same aisle at the same time. In the areas, where the wide bays are installed, the upper racking levels have been meshed to enable a number of different storage modules to be used. For instance, two of the larger stillages or three 1000mm wide pallets can be stored in the same bay. The racking is configured to accommodate a sprinkler system.

Claire Dosser is extremely pleased with the Redirack installation. “The whole Redirack team were fantastic.” She says. “Their sales and technical staff are extremely knowledgeable and easy to deal with. Their installation engineers can be left to get on with their work without the need for constant supervision. We were able to carry on with our day to day activities, knowing that the Redirack team would cause minimal disruption.”

The racking is painted in Peugeot’s corporate colours of blue and yellow, a choice, with which Redirack was happy to comply. Claire Dosser concludes. “We have a completed installation which not only looks good, but has also improved the efficiency of our operation. The main benefit is increased productivity. The new stillages and Redirack racking have enabled us to reduce working hours, at Tile Hill, without compromising the service to our dealers. We are very proud of the achievement.”