The AutoLoadBaler from Strautmann Umwelttechnik is an expert in warehouse logistics, ensures tidiness and cleanliness and saves employees stress.
7 January 2020
The AutoLoadBaler is an expert in warehouse logistics, ensures tidiness and cleanliness and saves employees in food retail stress and back pain. (Image: Strautmann Umwelttechnik GmbH)
The disposal of outer packaging and cardboard packaging is one of the tasks in food retailing that receives little attention. Even if potential savings are obvious, many companies find it difficult to tackle the issue. This is because the tearing and pressing of waste takes place far away from customer traffic and is seen as a nuisance. Priority is given to the core business.
While a number of sales processes have therefore already been optimised for efficiency, waste disposal often remains an invisible time waster that causes high personnel costs unnoticed. Hierber's Frische Centre in Grenzach also felt the effects of this. Previously, the employees disposed of the packaging in a standard compactor container.
Hierber's Frische Center in Grenzach produces around 230 tonnes of cardboard per year. (Image: Strautmann Umwelttechnik GmbH)
„That was a absolute time waster and physically demanding for the employees. Coupled with the high costs of travelling to and from the press container, this was very difficult for us. Expensive." Roland Hönicke, Market Manager Hierber's Frische Centre in Grenzach
In addition, the filling volume of the press container could only be estimated by knocking. This resulted in containers not being collected when completely full. „That made us even additionally cost real money, because the journey to and from the site was not profitable for the waste disposal company,“ Hönicke recalled. There have long been more modern and efficient disposal solutions.
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„In the development of our Baler specifically orientated towards the needs of retailers.” Günter Komesker, Managing Director of Strautmann Umwelttechnik
This is because the AutoLoadBaler no longer needs to be filled manually. (Image: Strautmann Umwelttechnik GmbH)
And that is above all the relief of personnel and personnel capacities. AutoLoadBaler is an expert in warehouse logistics, ensures order and cleanliness and saves food retail employees stress and back pain.
In this way through automation 100 working hours per tonne of cardboard per year and 400 load moments saved daily. This is confirmed by a study carried out by Strautmann Umwelttechnik in co-operation with Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences.
Roland Hönicke saw this for himself. He tested the AutoLoadBaler like a new employee in his store for four weeks and then asked his colleagues for their opinion. 75 per cent of them said that they would no longer want to do without the ALB.
Roland Hönicke (Image: Strautmann Umwelttechnik GmbH)
„This was a clear result for us. Ultimately, the employees are the ones who have to get to grips with the system. And the survey clearly showed that the AutoLoadBaler is a Making work easier for our market. We had theatre to the power of ten and are now all happy to have the AutoLoadBaler.” Roland Hönicke, Market Manager Hierber's Frische Centre in Grenzach
The ALB now also wants to present itself to other retailers as an active supporter in the Disposal logistics apply for a job. To this end, he attends numerous job interviews at the EuroShop 2020 from 16 to 20 February in Düsseldorf. He not only lets his references speak for themselves, but also has his say - as a Chatbot.
Strautmann Umwelttechnik GmbH at the EuroShop: Hall 15, Stand E56
