Covance
System Summary:
Covance is one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive drug development service companies. Covance is a comprehensive, biopharmaceutical drug development services company with preclinical and clinical research operations across the globe.
Covance provides value-added design, distribution, operations and analysis for medical diagnostic testing.
Business Challenge
- Previous manual synchronous system made assembling kits with accurate vials and medical diagnostic devices difficult and time consuming.
- Disconnected material and information flows slow down shipments to customers.
Key Technology
- RF Mobile picking and put-away
- Batch Pick to Light work cells (550 lines per person per hour)
- Two (2) deep catalogue horizontal carousel workstations with integrated pick to light shelving locations
- Twelve (12) popular pick to light directed picking workstations with IR task completion sensors
- Exacta™ Warehouse Management Software
- Exacta™ Warehouse Control System
- Human Machine Interface
- Dynamic pack stations
- Automated manifest high speed bowl feeders for the top five (5) velocity SKU’s
Results
- 2 Times increase line items per person hour.
- 100% quality control.
- Doubled productivity through automation.
- ASAP’s solution produced a robust process and audit record.
- Ability to grow with new business and consolidate similar international facilities.
