15,000-Pallet ASRS in a -30°C Cold Chain Facility
How RoboLyne delivered a fully automated storage & retrieval system for temperature-sensitive goods in 10 weeks.
Client Background & Context
Operating at the critical intersection of food safety and rapid logistics, this leading Southeast Asian cold chain distributor faced a defining inflection point. With consumer demand for frozen FMCG products surging across the region, their existing infrastructure—reliant on manual forklift operations within harsh, -30°C environments—was struggling to maintain the necessary throughput and accuracy.
The scale of their operation required a fundamental shift in storage philosophy. They needed to maximize vertical space utilization while removing human operators from extreme temperature zones, all without disrupting ongoing, round-the-clock distribution activities.
Project Parameters
- Industry
- FMCG Cold Chain
- Region
- Southeast Asia
- Facility Size
- 120,000m²
The Challenge
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Harsh Operating Conditions
Manual forklift operations in -30°C freezing temperatures severely limited shift durations and posed significant health and safety risks.
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Capacity Ceiling Reached
With facility utilization constantly hovering at 90%, they lacked the physical footprint to expand using traditional racking.
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Severe Labor Shortages
High turnover rates for cold-store operators created unpredictable operational bottlenecks.
"The manual environment was becoming unsustainable for our operators. We needed a solution that would eliminate the human element from the deep freeze while simultaneously tripling our density in the same footprint."
