date:Jul 06, 2012
Production lines make 10 types of chocolate for Roses and six for Heroes. Before the new system was installed, stacked boxes of product were transported across the factory to two packing plants on different floors, where they would be fed into hoppers for final packing.
CKF Systems designed a robotic vision-controlled re-circulating distribution system. This has reduced materials use by replacing cardboard boxes with plastic tote bins, and has provided safeguards to the assortment integrity.