Discover how Lewa Pumps Daily Co Ltd, a company founded in Germany in 1952 and specializing in providing customized fluid solutions, transformed its warehouse operations with Modula’s automated vertical lift modules, enhancing both efficiency and safety.
The Challenge
Before 2023, as its business grew and expanded to 14 subsidiaries across major continents, Lewa Pumps Daily Co Ltd faced significant logistical challenges:
- An increasing variety of materials, but in small quantities for each item.
- A growing inventory and higher demand for warehouse space.
- Reliance on traditional shelving, making item storage and retrieval slow and time-consuming, especially for items stored up high.
- The necessity to climb ladders to get items, which was inefficient and unsafe.
- Frequent employee complaints about how exhausting the work was.
The Solution
To address these challenges, Lewa Pumps Daily Co Ltd sought innovative solutions and discovered VLMs. The collaboration with Modula arose from confidence in their local presence and product quality:
- The company learned about Vertical Lift Modules (VLMs) and realized they could solve exactly the problems they were facing.
- Through research, Modula was chosen for its sizable local manufacturing facility in China, which instilled confidence in their after-sale service.
- To test effectiveness, one Modula VLM unit was purchased and installed at the end of 2023, exceeding all expectations.
- Given the excellent results, a second unit was installed in 2024, and both machines have been running very smoothly ever since.
Why Modula?
As a machining company itself, Lews Pumps Daily Co Ltd paid special attention to product details and found that Modula’s VLMs offer:
- Reliable after-sale service: Modula’s local manufacturing facility in China ensured support and confidence.
- Superior craftsmanship: Lewa Pumps’ engineers verified that the mechanical parts are solid and precisely manufactured, with very refined craftsmanship and smooth, burr-free cut surfaces.
- Smooth and consistent operation: the automatic doors, tray movement, and vertical lift shuttles all run very smoothly, with all parts operating and meshing seamlessly together.
- Exceptional stability: since commissioning, there have been almost no malfunctions, demonstrating the equipment’s remarkable stability.
The Results
The implementation of Modula’s Vertical Lift Modules led to tangible results that exceeded Lewa Pumps Daily Co Ltd’s expectations:
- Space maximization: a single VLM occupies only 14 m² of floor space, yet provides an extraordinary 220 m² of storage capacity.
- Dramatic operational efficiency: warehouse staff can now easily retrieve items with just a few clicks on the screen via a “goods-to-person” system, truly solving the warehouse management headache.
- Improved employee well-being: efficiency has improved significantly, and staff are much less stressed.
- Cooperation exceeding expectations: the cooperation with Modula has far exceeded all predictions, not only for the machines’ reliability and efficiency but also for the overall peace of mind it has generated.
