ITO delivers to Norway's greenest logistics building
| Customer name | Motek |
|---|---|
| Industry | Logistics |
| Location | Norway |
Electric trucks are charged on site, and the roof is a green space with solar cells and beehives. The robot warehouse is ultra-modern with several ITO solutions. Welcome to Motek, which has built Norway's greenest logistics building.
Challenge
Build a logistics facility with a focus on sustainability.
Solution
State-of-the-art warehouse with Autostore and ITO solutions.
Result
Logistics, working environment, and customer experience at the highest level.
Motek has experienced strong growth in recent years. Logistics Manager Thomas Randlev can confirm that the logistics solutions are working as desired. Each order is automatically scanned to ensure it is sorted correctly in Norway's greenest logistics building.
Norwegian company Motek, which supplies tools, fasteners, and services to the construction, civil engineering, and industrial sectors, has moved into a new 29,000-square-meter headquarters and warehouse in Oslo, with the warehouse accounting for one-third of the space.
In the Autostore facility, 21 robots work all over to pick goods from a total of 33,600 storage bins and transport them to the packing stations. Every day, Motek picks, packs, and delivers around 3,500 product lines, and the solution is designed for further growth.
Own ITO belt and belt machine (from Mosca) for handling tools for service and repair.
Fast deliveries
Motek's customer promise is that customers within a 200 km radius of the logistics center will have their goods delivered on the same day for orders that are received in the morning.
“Faster delivery, more efficient flow of goods, managing strong growth, more sustainable operations. All of this was part of the conditions that led our owner company, Aspelin Ramm, to decide to build a completely new building for logistics, administration, and a professional store,” says Logistics Manager Thomas Randlev.
Very satisfied with ITO
ITO plays a role in this ambitious project. We have supplied conveyor belts and customized technology for unpacking incoming goods, returning waste cardboard to compactors, elevator solutions between different heights, our own conveyor belt and belt machine for service products, as well as conveyor belts and elevators built specifically for fast orders.
If the item is in stock, a quick order is created that is given top priority when picking, whether it is in Autostore or from the high-bay warehouse, and the item is sent on a separate conveyor belt straight to the store, where it is available before the customer has had time to finish their coffee.
Thomas Randlev emphasizes that Motek has had an excellent collaboration with ITO: "We see that ITO's solutions help us make the most of our investments here.
All transport lanes in and out of Autostore are supplied by ITO. Here at the parcel counter, the boxes from Autostore arrive packed with goods, and the completed customer order goes to the elevator and down to the sorting facility. Express orders to the store can be run “reversed” on the lane, straight down to the “pro shop.”
Norway's greenest logistics building
The construction process has taken two years, with a focus on sustainability. The construction site has been “fossil-free” throughout the entire period. The trucks are electric, employees have access to more EV charging and bicycle parking spaces than regular parking spaces, and transporters' vehicles can be quickly charged while being loaded with goods.
In addition, the roof is a world unto itself, with the country's largest green space on the roof with solar cells, and it will eventually become home to beehives, with the industrial buildings of the future taking responsibility for both carbon capture and pollination.
“ITO’s solutions help us get the greatest possible return on our investments here.”
There are 21 robots working at Motek's Autostore facility.