−31%
forklift movements
Rotterdam cold store
Cold storage
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Netherlands
Units
2
Task
Transfer
First live shift
All deployments
The problem
A −22 °C store where every cart movement between the picking zone and the dock meant a forklift and a driver in the cold for the whole shift.
Staff retention in the freezer was the site’s biggest cost.
Cut forklift movements by 31% and took the driver out of the freezer.
What Ridge does
Two Ridge units tow carts of totes between zones on a fixed loop, coupled and uncoupled at either end by the pick teams.
Both units are rated to −25 °C and hot-swap batteries at the dock end of every loop.
In their words
“We stopped putting people in the freezer for a full shift. That was the point.”
Joris van der Meer
Operations Manager
0 h
driver hours in the freezer
6 / hour
cart loops completed
14 h
runtime per battery pack
