Kjell & Company sells accessories for home electronics online and via 80 Swedish-based stores. With more than 9,000 SKUs, including everything from iPhone covers and mobile phone chargers to more sophisticated accessories, they offer the Nordic’s widest range of accessories for consumer electronics. Kjell & Company needed a flexible and efficient solution to manage their online and in-store growth.

The distribution headquarters in Sweden was struggling to keep up with demand. As the company grew, their static shelving system didn’t offer the flexibility and efficiency to support both their online and retail store distribution. In addition, the 8,000 m² distribution center was reaching full capacity.

They needed a solution that could optimize available space, improve picking efficiency, manage online orders, and create additional storage capacity to support continued growth.

The Solution
Using 12 Vertical Lift Module Kardex Shuttles with dual access openings, a Kardex Color Pick System, and Kardex JMIF Kjell improved pick accuracy and pick times. Above each Kardex Shuttle, a touchscreen monitor using colored pick lights to direct employees through the batch picking process. Using the Kardex Color Pick System, Kjell can scale labor to match demand using 1-4 people with normal demand and double at peak demand. 

Employees pick retail and e-commerce orders simultaneously including returned goods, new inventory, and express orders. Employees achieve 120-200 picks/ hour compared to 70 picks/hour with shelving systems.

The easy-to-install solution optimizes the ceiling height and reduced the footprint from 800 m² to 80 m² (after the installation of the first six units). The solution also improved inventory security.

Kardex JMIF integrates the whole material flow process and provides full control from start to finish.

	12 Kardex Shuttle 250s Width: 3,480mm I Depth: 2,310mm I Height: 7,950mm Tray dimensions: 3,050 x 610
	Kardex Color Pick System Kardex JMIF
	Kardex VLM Box Plexi-glass panels