Vertical lift modules (VLMs) shuttle parts
140-year-old oilfield products and service provider uses shuttle vertical lift modules to cut order picking time and free up floor space.
By Lorie King Rogers, Associate Editor -- Modern Materials Handling, 10/1/2009
For more than 140 years, National Oilwell Varco has been providing customers in the oil and gas industry with high quality custom products and services—everything from spare parts to comprehensive drilling systems including rig equipment, integrated systems, downhole tools and supply chain solutions.
The company prides itself on delivering unlimited custom solutions. But along with custom jobs come custom parts, lots of parts. National Oilwell Varco’s warehouse in Houston, Texas, supplies about 9,000 parts to its manufacturing facility. To streamline operations and improve efficiency, the company redesigned its warehouse and installed three shuttle vertical lift modules (Remstar, 800-639-5805, www.remstar.com).
