Stellantis has financed over $18.2m in a parts distribution center (PDC) in Brampton, Ontario to transfer Mopar brand service parts to the larger Toronto area, eastern Canada, and Quebec. Stellantis said the PDC has a volume of 55,000 parts and can transport an assessed 2m orders yearly. The facility is being controlled by Stellantis/Mopar with operational associates from logistics provider Day & Ross and Team Industrial, as well as signified employees from the Unifor Local 1285 trade union division. Day & Ross is also supplying last-mile transporter parts delivery facilities in the district, along with other partner carriers designated by Stellantis North America.
The Brampton facility is the primary PDC in North America to use Autostore’s automated storage and retrieval system (ASRS). The cube storing system, reinforced by SwissLog SQ software, comprises 27 picking robots that travel along trails that are constructed above a 5-meter-tall network stocked with parts. The network is composed of 43,000 bins loaded within 3,600 sq.m of storage area from which the robots select parts and transport them to manufacturing stations where PDC employees pack and expedite the final shipments.
Stellantis informed, that the AutoStore structure significantly upsurges the speed, accuracy, and reliability of parts located within the PDC, leading to on-time delivery while also condensing the floor area required to house the huge supply of goods. We’re delighted to be the primary Stellantis facility in North America to exploit the AutoStore system, said a representative for Stellantis. SwissLog is the integrator designated for this specific unveiling, working with them built on their experience with the market, warehouse management system software programs in other industries as well as further parts delivery facilities across the globe.
Senior vice-president Mike Koval Jr, head of Mopar North America, said, we are using the latest technology and innovation in our facility to help our devoted Unifor-represented staff. This novel, state-of-the-art factory will increase effectiveness for our merchants and clients while confirming that we can swiftly transport the precise part at the right time every time. The new Brampton PDC associates the processes of the previous Montreal and Mississauga PDCs and the AutoStore structure has further condensed the footprint of the collective operations. Stellantis said that the carbon reduction of combining the processes supports its Dare Forward 2030 strategic idea to decrease emissions across its business. The Brampton PDC employs 170 people and is one of 21 factories in North America that deliver replacement and custom parts to dealerships and aftermarket clients.
