Sazerac to install AS/RS systems in two distilleries
Sazerac becomes first U.S. spirits producer to use AS/RS technology
Sazerac Co., Metairie, La., is scheduled to install automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) and Savanna.Net warehouse management system (WMS) software, provided by York, Pa.-based Westfalia Technologies Inc., in two of its Kentucky distilleries: Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort and The Glenmore Distillery in Owensboro. The Sazerac Co. is the first U.S. spirits producer to use AS/RS technology, according to Westfalia.
Westfalia will install its Satellite AS/RS technology at both sites. This technology eliminates moving parts in the rack structure and allows greater throughput with less machinery, resulting in lower energy consumption and system maintenance costs, it says. When coupled with Westfalia’s Savanna.Net WMS, the system delivers complete warehouse automation with material flow control, order management, reporting, logging and more.