A global ecommerce company’s high-capacity distribution center faced a substantial productivity challenge. Packages were jamming up in the center’s 30 sorting line chutes costing almost $1 million per year in higher maintenance costs, cleaning fees, and rehandled boxes. This case study explores the issue and describes the material and process that solved problem. You will learn how the solution transformed the distribution center’s package sorting lines and set new standards in efficiency and consistency. It virtually eliminated the package jams’ $1 million cost, plus enabled the distribution center to exceed its 1 million packages per day, productivity goal.

This case study is ideal for distribution center maintenance staff, plant managers, and conveyor line OEM design engineers.