Coca-Cola HBC

Industry 4.0 is revolutionizing the way companies manufacture, store and distribute their products.

Consumer Packaged Goods companies are integrating new technologies into their production facilities and throughout their Logistics operations.

These digital technologies lead to increased automation, self-optimization, process improvements and above all, a new level of efficiencies and responsiveness to customers not previously possible.

Such a digital technology facilitating the transition of our Warehouses to industry 4.0 standards is the Robotic Picking and Robotic PMP (pre-merchandised pallets) production.

The total investment value is almost 2mio EUR, the installation of robotic picking process went live in Dec 2021 and the effective production started in Feb 2022.

The solution is fully automated and integrated with SAP.

It is designed to pick 3MM cases/yr and co-pack 1MM cases/yr.

This technology handles the company’s top 20 best-selling products based with zero error.

The robots are expected to handle 15 percent of the special picking and packing duties of the more than 700 million litres of finished products that turn over in the Dunaharaszti warehouse each year.

Robotic Picking is not only unique Logistics innovative solution pilot in Hungary Coca-Cola HBC but also pioneers across beverage industry as is the 1st deployment worldwide.