Case study

GEHE Pharma Handel GmbH, Niederlassung Weiterstadt (Germany)

The pharmaceutical wholesaler supplies 6,500 pharmacies nationwide with pharmaceuticals every day. As a link and reliable partner for pharmacies and pharmaceutical manufacturers, GEHE, with more than 2,300 employees, guarantees the availability at all times of all medicines and goods customary in pharmacies in Germany. GEHE in Weiterstadt has a total of 10 BD Rowa™ Vmax, two of which are in a cold store.

Thanks to our cooling-Rowa, our employees no longer have to walk into the cold store to pick the items stored at BD Rowa™ Vmax. This saves long distances and thus a lot of time, which we can now use more efficiently.

Thomas Merkle | Project Manager GEHE Pharma Handel, Weiterstadt (Germany)

BD Rowa in the GEHE Pharma Handel GmbH, Niederlassung Weiterstadt (Germany)

BD Rowa™ Solution

SYSTEM

10x BD Rowa™ Vmax 160

W: 1.63 m
H: 3.50 m
L: 15.17 m

CAPACITY

400,000 packages

KEY FACTS
  • Up to 3,050 lines per hour (total)
  • Efficiency of picking of slow-moving products has been increased
  • Process of returns handling has been optimized
  • Storage area could be reduced by approx. 40%
  • Degree of automation could be increased by approx. 25 % by the 4 duplex systems
  • The error rate in picking could be reduced to zero
  • Number of insertions per BD Rowa™ Prolog incl. OCR recognition on peak days: 950 packs (approx. 12-20 o’clock)
  • Recognition rate of barcodes: 99.44%

 


  • BD Rowa in the GEHE Pharma Handel GmbH, Niederlassung Weiterstadt (Germany)
  • BD Rowa in the GEHE Pharma Handel GmbH, Niederlassung Weiterstadt (Germany)
  • BD Rowa in the GEHE Pharma Handel GmbH, Niederlassung Weiterstadt (Germany)