CSB Solution keeps cheesemaker lean
Züger , Switzerland ’ s number one supplier of mozzarella and other cream cheese specialities , is using an end-toend software solution from industry IT expert CSB-System to keep processes at the factory as lean as possible . This has enabled the company to efficiently plan and optimise workflows and information throughout all operations and has led to a fifty percent time saving in order picking .
Züger processes milk from 400 vendors for about 700 different products . There are 2,500 packaging components , seven production departments and three high-bay storages . CSB ’ s EPR software is able to optimally control all
26 FDPP - www . fdpp . co . uk processes in administration and resource management . All data from milk acceptance , production and inventory management to picking and shipping is entered directly in the ERP system for further processing .
“ Today , we have CSB as a turnkey solution ,” explains Züger CEO Christof Züger . “ This means we have only one system for financial accounting , human resources , procurement , inventory , sales and quality management .”
For its internal logistics , Züger uses a combination of high-bay storage and mobile picking . Items are stored in a first-in first out sequence to ensure goods can be delivered as fresh as possible . The system links every pallet with the sell-by date and lot number , and also controls the automatic stock removal of pallets as replenishment for picking .
Customer orders are transmitted directly to the touch panels of the electric forklifts via a wireless connection . The screen shows in which area of the picking zone the pallet with the ordered product is located . The picker scans the pallet label , removes the item and confirms the picked quantity at the scanner . When a pallet is empty , the system automatically requisitions a new pallet from the high-bay storage .