Case Study: Cutter & Buck Automates Fulfillment Center in Washington with AutoStore Empowered by Kardex

Summary

As a leading apparel manufacturer and distributor, Cutter & Buck is known for high quality clothing crafted for active lifestyles, engineered for exceptional versatility. Originally founded on Seattle’s working waterfront, Cutter & Buck clothing is perfect for work, travel, date night, golf, walking, boating, hiking, entertaining and showing fan support for a favorite MLB, NFL or NCAA College or University Team. Increased sales through its own website, other e-commerce retailers, point of sale locations at golf courses, resort destinations, licensed product Fan Shops and corporate apparel has led to consistent company growth and increased inventory levels within its fulfillment operation.
 
To accommodate this growth, Cutter & Buck implemented an AutoStore system from Kardex in their location in Renton, Washington to support their apparel picking and fulfillment operation. Cutter & Buck selected AutoStore, an automated cube storage technology solution, empowered by Kardex for the speed and density of the solution. Kardex FulfillX WES drives the AutoStore goods to person fulfillment solution.
 
AutoStore is a fully automated and intelligent goods-to-person storage and retrieval system offering industry leading product storage density. Bins are stacked vertically in a grid and retrieved by intelligent, battery-powered vehicles that travel on top of the grid system, sorting, carrying and delivering bins to the respective workstations (ports), where a variety of warehouse operations can be performed (picking, replenishment, inventory control, etc.) by warehouse personnel. The flexible, tailor-made system fits even the most unusually shaped facilities, allowing the grid to be placed around columns, on mezzanines and on multiple levels. The bins are stacked neatly on top of each other in a condensed grid-style system, increasing storage capacity up to four times and performance up to 10 times that of traditional storage methods. AutoStore can easily adapt to changing order fulfillment requirements through a flexible configuration of the robots, ports and quantity of bin locations.
 

About Kardex FulfillX

Kardex FulfillX is a pioneering warehouse execution system; a focused “pick to pack” solution built to deliver streamlined results exclusively for AutoStore empowered by Kardex. Kardex FulfillX takes the unexpected surprises out of go-live and allows new AutoStore systems to ramp-up in as little as six months and meet or exceed the business case sooner.
 

About Kardex

Kardex is a global industry partner for intralogistics solutions and a leading supplier of automated storage solutions and material handling systems. The Group consists mainly of two entrepreneurially managed divisions, Kardex Remstar and Kardex Mlog.
 
Kardex Remstar develops, produces and maintains dynamic storage and retrieval systems and Kardex Mlog offers integrated materials handling systems and automated high-bay warehouses.
 
The two divisions are partners for their customers over the entire life cycle of a product or solution. This begins with the assessment of customer requirements and continues through planning, realization and maintenance of customer-specific systems. It ensures a high level of availability combined with low total cost of ownership and operation. Approximately 2'100 employees in over 30 countries work for Kardex. Kardex Holding AG is listed on the Swiss SIX Stock Exchange since 1989.
 

About Cutter & Buck

Founded on Seattle’s working waterfront, the words “Cutter” and the “Buck” were chosen to symbolize the Pacific Nothwest region, where the sea, represented by a Cutter and the mountains, represented by a Buck, meet and live-in harmony.
 
Their iconic clothing is perfect for work, travel, golf, walking, boating, hiking, entertaining and for showing team pride and fan support for MLB, NFL or NCAA College or University Teams. Cutter & Buck is committed to sustainable products, operations and production. Their iconic clothing, engineered for exceptional versatility, can be found online at cutterbuck.com and through e-commerce retailers. 
 
Cutter & Buck is a proud subsidiary of New Wave Group, AB. Their sister brands in North America include Ahead USA, Au Clair Gloves, Craft Sportswear, Kosta Boda Art Glass and Orrefors Crystal.