Company Type
Rocco, a turkey grower and processor; frozen turkey distribution at maxed-out capacity; technical lead.
What Drove the Need
Exponential growth — 75,000 products put away and picked per day — had outrun antiquated legacy systems and manual procedures
Business Impact
Drastic reduction in inventory errors, missing inventory, and misplaced pallet racking; close to 100% of manual procedures eliminated per client feedback; delivered on time and budget
Systems/Data Integration
Real-time barcode and stationary scanners; forklift operator terminals
Design
Designed and developed in Progress RDBMS/4GL per the client's technology requirement; collaborated with a third-party barcode/scanner implementation firm; conducted client education and training
Technology Stack
Progress 4GL; Progress RDBMS
Automated barcode and stationary scanner integration
Warehouse Distribution System (Custom WMS)
FIFO-logic put-away and picking of pallets; lot control at SKU, case, and pallet levels; user roles with authorization; picking optimization; real-time barcode conveyance of put-away and pick locations to warehouse product movers; full product data management.
