Agricultural Sector
Project Overview
The Yunnan Floral Trading Centre project delivers an integrated smart warehousing and logistics solution tailored for floral auctions, incorporating the specific storage and transport requirements of fresh-cut flowers.Covering a total area of 80 mu (approximately 5.3 hectares), the facility currently handles daily operations for approximately one million stems of potted and boxed flowers, including intelligent grading, warehousing, auction allocation, and outbound delivery. Designed with scalability in mind, the project can expand to accommodate up to 7.5 million stems during peak periods.
Highlights Showcase
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Daily processing of 1 million flowers for warehousing, matching, and dispatch, with future scalability to 7.5 million.
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Warehouse throughput efficiency: Bucket-packed flowers ≥ 1,200 buckets/hour Box-packed flowers ≥ 700 boxes/hour
Challenges
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High process complexityRequires integration with online auction systems, MES management systems, WMS logistics systems, and execution of dozens of operations including flower reception, grading, barrel replacement, watering, cleaning, and warehousing. Simultaneously, the system must support a "dual pick-up, dual release" model for maximum efficiency, further testing hardware-software coordination.
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Software Scheduling PressureTo accommodate the high-frequency, bulk-order nature of the flower auction system, the WMS processes over 100,000 daily storage/retrieval commands. It must precisely match flower varieties and quantities from tens of thousands of storage locations, with order response delays ≤3 seconds.
Solutions
CNANC tailored two automated warehouse logistics solutions based on the client's logistical workflow characteristics and site layout. Hardware comprises 12 bucket flower stackers and 7 box-type flower stackers, with advanced technologies like laser ranging and barcode address recognition, it achieves ±3mm positioning accuracy while enhancing efficiency through optimized path planning and variable frequency speed control.
Software-wise, CNANC deployed its proprietary digital, intelligent management system. This deeply integrates WMS (Warehouse Management System), WCS (Warehouse Control System), and PLC control systems, while efficiently interfacing with auction systems and MES (Manufacturing Execution System). Upon receiving auction orders, the system instantly parses requirements, quickly match the "group, column, row" of the bouquet to ensure zero error in output type and quantity. Deployed within a hyper-converged IT environment, the entire system manages over 200,000 storage locations, processes more than 100,000 daily inbound/outbound dispatch instructions, and it can handle up to 7.5 million flowers in the future.
Software-wise, CNANC deployed its proprietary digital, intelligent management system. This deeply integrates WMS (Warehouse Management System), WCS (Warehouse Control System), and PLC control systems, while efficiently interfacing with auction systems and MES (Manufacturing Execution System). Upon receiving auction orders, the system instantly parses requirements, quickly match the "group, column, row" of the bouquet to ensure zero error in output type and quantity. Deployed within a hyper-converged IT environment, the entire system manages over 200,000 storage locations, processes more than 100,000 daily inbound/outbound dispatch instructions, and it can handle up to 7.5 million flowers in the future.