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A Fresh Take On The Frozen Enhance Operational Efficiency

Food Retail Business With Semi-Automation

The grocery retail industry is a demanding landscape The grocery retail industry is challenging,
where businesses navigate the delicate balance between demanding innovative solutions.
razor-thin profits and the ever-evolving consumer demands. Agro Boga Utama, a key player in frozen READ THE
In this age of rising overhead costs and lower pricing power, products, has embraced a semi-automated CASE STUDY
retailers are driven to rethink the strategies to cope with racking system to enhance its operations
inventory productivity, optimize operational costs and strive and ensure a reliable food supply chain. HERE
for further efficiency to serve the needs of their customers.

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HERE With surging demand for frozen foods, efficient storage is paramount. Agro Boga Utama faced unique logistical
challenges in Indonesia’s vast archipelago, requiring streamlined operations and an increasing number of SKUs.

To keep pace with direct distribution demands and Efficiency was key. Agro Boga Utama needed a
geographical complexities, Agro Boga Utama’s solution that optimized space usage, managed
1,877 m² manual warehouse needed a revamp. goods by expiry dates (FEFO), and enabled
They sought a solution capable of handling smaller uninterrupted picking within the cooling area.
orders and an expanded diversity of inventory. Safety and easy access were paramount.

A modern 1,078 m² freezer room with a Mobile
Racking System was introduced. It increased storage
capacity by 44%, reduced travel distances, and
improved safety with integrated technology.
Agro Boga Utama’s journey towards modernization
Diving Into Automated illustrates the power of semi-automation in

Cold Storage Solutions a temperature-controlled environment. It’s
a game-changer for the cold chain.
To conclude, when delivering quality, fresh, and safe
“SSI SCHAEFER took us through the rst step of our warehouse
automation journey. The project was seamlessly executed with no foods in the supply chain, time and temperature
is everything. Agro Boga Utama took the path
operation disruption to our business. Using the Mobile Racking
System to store and manage the expiry dates of goods, our of modernization and equipped the warehouse
with a semi-automated system that would operate
warehouse process became more efficient and cost-effective.
efficiently in a controlled temperature environment
- a vital requirement for cold chain operators.
The deployment of the FEFO concept also increased the agility of
our logistics process, we can now focus on delivering fresh foods
quickly into the hands of our customers throughout Indonesia.”

Mr. Fajar Elektro, Supply Chain GM, Agro Boga Utama

Dubai Logistics City, Plot WB54 Dubai South, United Arab Emirates
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