Nestled among the sweeping green glens of Scotland, where dairies produce premium products for the United Kingdom, Rowallan Creamery was established 110 years ago as a small
milk-processing company. As a specialist in the production of milk fat products and margarine since 1910, the company in Kilmarnock now supplies the entire British market.
Rowallan is proud of its modern logistics system that enables the company to supply small orders of up to 5 tonnes of margarine at short notice on a just-in-time basis.
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Working two-shifts per day, between 800 and 1,400 tonnes of margarine are produced in Kilmarnock every week into 145 different Rowallan products. But before the fresh products are
ready for delivery, they must be stored for one week to reach the right level of maturity. In order to be able to offer flexible services to major customers including Allied
Bakeries, Cheviot Foods, and Northern Foods, Rowallan operates two highly efficient warehousing and distribution units which allow short-notice, just-in-time supplies to meet
demand. This is a major competitive advantage for the Scottish firm.
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Warehousing and distribution in a FIFO system provides the ideal solution for responding to productspecific, market-driven demands. Rowallan currently operates two Interroll flow
storage blocks with an overall capacity of 2,250 pallet places. These are arranged in a row of 30 lanes each 5 lanes high. Each individual lane has a capacity of 7 or 8 pallets.
Roller tracks with a 4% gradient provide gravity feed of the pallets, while speed controllers ensure that the pallets advance smoothly to the output position. Rowallan uses
forklift reach trucks to service the Dynamic Storage warehousing system. All trucks are equipped with radio terminals and mobile bar code scanners.
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When it came time to invest in a new warehousing and distribution centre, Rowallan put virtually every available system under the microscope. Mobile racking, drive-in racking,
pushback systems, satellite systems and conventional static racking were all considered for stock rotation, storage density, and accessibility. The resulting decision was clearly
in favour of dynamic flow storage. And that's why the food cooked in so many kitchens in the UK is processed first through an Interroll flow storage system.
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