Zebra Technologies Corporation, a global leader in digitising and automating workflows, has announced a successful deployment of its FS40 fixed industrial scanners and ET60 tablets at Royal Canin’s warehouse in Cambrai, France.
The implementation, carried out by Zebra partner WIIO, has delivered a 50% increase in forklift loading rates while enhancing worker safety and optimising logistics operations.Royal Canin’s Cambrai facility ships 1,800 food pallets daily, operating 24/7 to supply global markets.
Each pallet is scanned prior to loading onto trailers to maintain visibility and efficiency.
Camilo Caro Urrego, Focus Improvement Manager at Royal Canin, explained, “With our previous manual processes, we had pedestrian operators unloading pallets and circling around to perform the scans. We knew reducing the contact between operators and the pallets through automation would greatly improve work safety and speed up tracking.”
WIIO, a Zebra Premier Solution and Industrial Automation Partner, installed the FS40 scanners and ET60 tablets across the Cambrai plant in just three days, in close collaboration with Zebra, without interrupting production.
François-Xavier Bréhon, Factory Manager at Royal Canin, said, “Zebra and WIIO didn’t just offer us a product. They brought a plug-and-play system directly to our site, let us test it without stopping production and stayed involved throughout the process. Zebra’s technology integrated with WIIO has changed everything.”
The solution integrates seamlessly with Royal Canin’s existing warehouse management system (WMS), eliminating pedestrian traffic in loading zones and providing accurate, hands-off traceability for every pallet.
Benjamin Defaye, Machine Vision and Fixed Industrial Scanning Manager, France, at Zebra Technologies, commented, “We are proud to have helped Royal Canin achieve a positive return on investment within three months. Our collaboration with WIIO has enabled us to address Royal Canin’s diverse production requirements with an intelligent automation solution that improves safety and productivity for its frontline workers.”The success at Cambrai has prompted other Royal Canin plants to explore similar deployments, with the goal of rolling out this efficiency and safety enhancement across multiple sites.
