The challenge
Mr. Price Group, a leading omnichannel fashion value retailer in South Africa, faced the challenge of consolidating two facilities into one, while ensuring scalability and efficiency to support future growth. The group sought a partner who could provide holistic, open-platform solutions and integrate best-in-class equipment for seamless operations.
The solution
Fortna, the systems integrator for the project, designed a highly automated and space-efficient hub spanning over 60,000 square meters. Interroll supplied critical material-handling solutions, including conveyors and sortation mechanisms. Interroll’s Modular Conveyor Platform (MCP) facilitated smooth transportation and optimized throughput, ensuring efficient handling of goods.
Applications: Convey, Sort
Country: South Africa
Industry: E-Commerce, Retail & Fashion
System Integrator: Fortna
Products/Solutions used
Modular Conveyor Platform (MCP)
Interroll conveyor modules offer enormous versatility with straight lines, curves, merges and transfers. A wide range of modules, consisting of roller conveyors, belt conveyors, lifters, High Performance Diverts and spiral lifts, covers all material flow requirements. With the modular conveyor platform MCP, whose modules are matched to each other and can be combined with each other, all common materials can be reliably transported.
MultiControl Asi Bus 48V
Control of the RollerDrive EC5000 for systems with a medium to large number of conveyor zones. Use in normal ambient temperatures and in low-temperature applications.
* MultiControl ASi Bus 48V
Four-Zone control system for the RollerDrive EC5000 with Analog Interface
RollerDrive
Experience performance proven in a vast array of industries. Our drum motors are designed for use in belt conveyors and conveyor drive systems. Compared to conventional gear motors, they’re more energy-efficient, increase workplace safety, and optimize space utilization. That’s due to their innovative design: Interroll Drum Motors are installed directly in the frame of the conveyor itself. And to accommodate a variety of applications, they’re available in a wide range of speeds, making them suitable for manufacturing, food processing, baggage handling, supermarket checkouts, and more.
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Added value for Mr. Price Group
The collaboration between Mr. Price Group, Fortna, and Interroll resulted in a cutting-edge distribution center:
· Highly automated hub with over 24,000 pallet places
· Handling more than 250 cartons per minute
· Further expansion capabilities with mezzanines and scalable solutions
· Benchmark choreography of logistics with a move into automation
Automated solutions
Increased customer satisfaction
Optimized throughput
Enabling growth
About Mr. Price Group
Mr. Price Group Limited, a leading omnichannel fashion value retailer in South Africa, is growing fast. Every day, young and modern people choose the unique brand of Mr. Price apparel, home wear, and sportswear through owned and franchised doors as well as online channels in Africa and Australia.
