AUTOMATED WAREHOUSES FOR MEAT PRODUCTS

Abstract

The article discusses the current issues of communication between production and the distribution network, which are provided by automated warehouses. The optimization of transport and warehouse processes is the first step towards reducing costs, increasing profits, and improving the competitiveness of enterprises in the market. The article presents the current challenges of management in warehouse logistics systems. Warehouses are an essential element of logistics systems. The possibilities of automated warehouses for meat products are considered. The analysis of increasing the efficiency of using the areas of automated warehouses is given. The equipment for automated warehouses of meat products is considered. The advantages of automated warehouses are noted. The requirements that are imposed on automated warehouses for meat products are listed. The article analyzes temperature control technologies in warehouses. It substantiates the advantages of automated temperature monitoring in warehouses. The article provides examples of implementing projects to automate meat products warehouses in Russia. In 2022, the Damate Group of Companies launched the first robotic warehouse in the Russian food industry in Penza, with a capacity of 900 tons of simultaneous storage at Europe’s largest turkey processing plant.