IoT Implementation in Winchester Cold Storage for Improved Accuracy

Winchester Cold Storage, a company providing food grade freezer and temperature-controlled storage solutions, was facing challenges in improving the accuracy and automation of their receiving operations. Despite having an impressive accuracy rate of 99.8%, the company was looking for ways to further enhance this. The inaccuracies primarily occurred during the shipping of smaller orders that were intended to be case-picked but ended up being shipped as full pallets. Winchester needed a system that could verify the contents remaining in the bin location as a second verification of the pick quantity accuracy. The company required a solution that could implement count back checks through the use of MobileLink tablet scanners, include a system to check using counts for Bin or Pallet ID, alert the picker if the count back quantity is incorrect, and send exception notifications via email to the supervisor.

Winchester Cold Storage is a company that provides food grade freezer and temperature-controlled storage solutions. The company has a rich history and at one point was known as the 'Largest Apple Storage in the World!'. Winchester’s facilities provide an unusually large capacity of controlled atmosphere storage where temperature, humidity, oxygen, and other room conditions can be monitored and controlled. The company was seeking to improve the accuracy and automation of their receiving operations, particularly in the shipping of smaller orders that were intended to be case-picked but often ended up being shipped as full pallets.