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Foldia® - Inex Reference Case
Less manual handling costs and high space efficiency
Customer
Inex Partners, Finland
• Inex Partners Oy is a fully-owned subsidiary of SOK corporation.
Its main task is to provide warehousing, logistics and
transportation services for S-Group one of the two major Finnish
retailers. The company counts 2,200 employees. Warehousing and
processing area are ca. 300,000 m2 and transportations consist of
1,000 vehicle combinations a day. Inex Partners turnover was
3,5M€ in 2013.
• Inex is operating from two central distribution centres in Kilo and
Sipoo and a number of regional warehouses. The new central DC
in Sipoo will be highly automated
• Inex has been using both regular folding Roll containers, pallets
and plastic crates for the grocery and non-food distribution
Foldia® Roll container
For reduced manual handling costs and high space efficiency
Customer Business Need
1. Inex was looking to renew the load carrier fleet to reduce the logistics operational costs and make
the manual handling in the whole Supply Chain easier and more cost-effective. The concrete
improvement targets for the Roll Container (RC) were:
Making the RC handling an easy 1 person operation with improved functionality and
ergonomics
Reduced handling time of load carrier in DC when preparing RC for order-picking
Reduced handling time in stores when preparing RC for return transport
Improve the ergonomics, handling and durability of the old wire base with a new plastic base
2. Inex is building a new Central Distribution centre in Sipoo (ready 2016) where the Roll Container
fleet needs to comply to the highly automated order-picking. Thereby there was a need for a high
quality load carrier that operates smoothly in automation and minimizes non-productive hours.
3. Inex was also looking for a load carrier that is visually representative and can effectively work to
promote the S-Group brand when used in stores
Foldia® Roll container
For reduced manual handling costs and high space efficiency
Solution
• K.Hartwall started working together with the customer by mapping and
identifying the different requirements of the new load carrier solution
from all parts of the supply chain.
• The joint project team also identified and calculated the process
changes and business benefits of the new load carrier solution when
implemented in the existing supply chain infrastructure.
• The implementation started with a pilot where 1,000 Foldia units and
1,000 plastic bases to be retrofitted were supplied to pre-determined
stores to validate the business case.
Foldia® Roll container
For reduced manual handling costs and high space efficiency
Solution description
• Roll container with symmetrical folding
• Current footprint: 806 x680 mm
• Max safe working load: 400 kg
• Empty ratio 5:1
• Available with plastic base (for higher customer visibility and better ergonomics) or wire mesh
• Snap-on retainer to hold the base
Foldia® Roll container
For reduced manual handling costs and high space efficiency
What the customer says:
“The new Foldia® Roll container has clearly improved our distribution process and provides
us with a secure load carrier that we can trust in our new automation system.”
Mikko Kymäläinen, Logistics Manager at Inex Partners
Foldia® Roll container
For reduced manual handling costs and high space efficiency
Results
1. The pilot of the new Foldia® units was a clear success, with the new units working throughout the
supply chain as predicted and reducing the manual handling both in DC and stores.
2. The new Foldia® was accepted by both the customer and the main automation supplier as the new
standard load carrier to be used in the automated Sipoo Distribution Centre.
3. The new plastic base has improved the handling of e.g. boxes and crates in both DC and stores
4. The new Foldia® has been taken in use at Inex distribution and the plastic base has been branded
with both customer colours as well as logo.
5. Inex Partners are committed to the new Foldia® for all new purchases, as well as retrofitting old
units to renew the complete load carrier fleet within the next 3-4 years.
Foldia® Roll container
For reduced manual handling costs and high space efficiency
Contact Information
Inex Partners, Finland
Mikko Kymäläinen
Tel. +358 50 5704155
K. Hartwall
Jani Peltonen
tel. +358 40 487 4380
Demonstration Video clip of Foldia
on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=AFsxX4qxe30
Foldia® Roll container
For reduced manual handling costs and high space efficiency
