Site Visits Program

Our thanks go to the following participating companies for making their operations available for the site visits program, thus providing delegates with a unique opportunity to learn from industry leaders in a real life setting.

This newly opened fully automated distribution centre is the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere. Adjoining manufacturing, this facility is CCA's primary distribution centre for grocery customers and is a key supply point for CCA's route distribution centre.

3M has an interesting array of material handling equipment to handle a range of different sized products including a twin 3-tier pick module serviced by two spiralveyors and a network of conveyors. Picking is both full case pick to belt and split case by zone – all performed with RF (including some intrinsically safe units operating in the DG store).

This state-of the-art warehouse is a leading example of sustainalble development for the industrial sector in Australia. A brand new 43,000sqm facility, its many ecologically sustainable design elements deliver a 4-5 star green rating. These elements include use of natural and energy-efficient lighting, rainwater harvesting, a dual plumbing system and a unique co-generation system to produce primary power while emitting less carbon.

Well known manufacturer and supplier Acco showcases smart split case picking adjoining manufacturing facilities.  Servicing 4000 skus with multiple pick types, this facility comprises zone picking and sortation supported by integrated SAP WM.

Newly commissioned, this facility offers Sydney users state-of-the-art storage for millions of documents.  In conjunction with the unique high bay design (24m), the designers employed a number of techniques to raise their environmental credentials in water usage and energy minimisation.  A further recent innovation is the application of RFID tags to every new carton receipted in the facility for inwards and outwards traceability.

Blackmores opened its new distribution centre in November 2008 as the first stage of a new comprehensive manufacturing and distribution centre development. This flexible operation utlilises Dematic's pick director/route director technology to replenish and "put" and "pick" orders.

Retail Adventures operates this purpose built 35,000sqm facility servicing the wide ranging needs of high volume discount variety merchandise. The operation has been built with flexibility in mind to accommodate fluctuating day-to-day workloads associated with container receipts. The backbone of the handling system is a high speed TGW sortation conveyor.

News Ltd's Chullora plant features a variety of materials handling equipment, servicing newspaper manufacturing, pre-prints for publication and collation of commercial advertising material into newspapers. Visitors will see newspaper printing supported by automated guided vehicles (AGVs).