LCBO Tour and Annual Meeting


When: Tuesday, November 22. 2005

Location: The LCBO GTA Licensee Centre
Reception & Dinner:

Stanfield Family Restaurant
2345 Stanfield Road, Mississauga (Just North of The Queensway on East Side)
905-803-0980

Cost: Members: $45 Non-Members: $65

The LCBO GTA Licensee Centre, which opened in 2002, facilitates the receipt, storage, order selection and shipping of wine, spirits and imported beer for the GTA bars, and restaurants in this new facility, located in Mississauga.

Download the Registration form here: Registration form


The Licensee Centre utilizes a unique material handling process by Siemens Dematic, which consists of a PC-based conveyor system, full and split-case order selection modules and a conveyored handling system with automatic sortation. It is a unique integration of technology - order fulfillment, finances, WMS and conveyors.


Facility Fast Facts:

    Facility size:
  • Total building - 125,000 sq. ft.
    Fulfillment floor space - 112,000 sq. ft.
    PC-based conveyors - 2000 ft.
    Shipping/Receiving doors - 13
    Indoor truck staging

    • Fulfillment:
  • RF units used for receiving and picking using barcodes System auto-generated replenishment from LCBO Durham Logistics Facility System directed internal replenishment based on min/max data Capable of both wave and discrete picking Pure batch picking and batch overlap capability

    • Conveyors:
  • Two pick conveyors - full case and bottle pick PC-based sorting into spur lanes for palletizing Audit stations linked to database via PC's Cases with incorrect labeling or unclosed picks directed to a "hospital" lane


    • Equipment:
  • 4 Raymond Reach Forks
    4 low-lift tow motors
    1 Counter-balance fork
    1 Dock stacker

    • Systems:
  • A single two-tiered software system spans - order taking, batching, picking, invoicing, receiving, returns, and finance. Additional programs make possible real time tracking of performance, inventory, order fulfillment and errors. Entire system, excepting invoices, is paperless.

If you are not a current MHMS member and would like to become one contact us at info@mhmsontario.com and we will send you a membership registration form.