ERIKS create fulfilment centre of the future
Flagship UK headquarters and fulfilment centre set to open in West Midlands this summer
ERIKS, Europe’s leading specialized industrial services provider, have announced a multi-million-pound investment programme in a major new UK headquarters and fulfilment centre in Oldbury, in the West Midlands.
Due to open in the summer of 2021, the new fulfilment centre is between two major motorway junctions on the M5, providing excellent transport links, and covers more than 11,000 square metres, with extensive warehouse facilities, loading bays and office space.
The facility will significantly increase ERIKS’ capability and capacity to fulfil many more deliveries than in the past, and with greater accuracy, speed and efficiency too. The new building has already been constructed and is now being fitted out, in readiness for its opening later this year.
Once complete, the new fulfilment centre will be the most advanced of its kind, with a combination of advanced storage solutions working with the latest warehouse-management technology controlling automated vertical picking systems, rapid transit conveyors and integrated vision and weighing equipment.
The company’s goal is to reach consistent 100% pick accuracy, with full traceability, to ensure that every customer order, no matter how complex, is fulfilled precisely in the shortest possible time.
The new, fully computerized systems will also allow ERIKS to give customers far greater visibility of all orders, from sale through to delivery, while creating a dynamic new digital platform on which the company can develop new customer service options for the future.
ERIKS’ chief executive officer for the UK and Ireland, David Gillies, explained: ‘This is an exciting development for our customers, and a huge endorsement by our parent company in our team and the ongoing success of our business.
‘We recently celebrated our 80th year as a major industrial services provider and are excited to be embarking on the next phase of our development. The new fulfilment centre will become our primary hub and headquarters in the UK and Ireland, enabling ERIKS to set the standard in quality, accuracy and value of service provided to all our customers.’
