Description
Client is major manufacturer that is one of worlds largest pharmaceutical companies producing and shipping a wide range of nutritional, pharmaceutical, hospital and diagnostics products around the world.

Opportunities
Company decided to restructure its European supply chain in order to increase its profitability. Client needed to know the size of this new central warehouse to service northern Europe and exports to the rest of world.

Solution
A sizing and configuration study was performed for a warehouse of approximately 35.000 pallet locations, fully GDP compliant with four different temperature controlled areas, hazardous goods area and a GMP area for Value-Added activities. Various storage and picking alternatives were compared based on cost, flexibility, risk and efficiency. The study calculated the cost consequences of different sites both Brownfield and Greenfield.

Benefits

• In a four week period an optimal warehouse was configured
• Potential operational cost savings of more than 50% were identified
• Groenewout’s expertise in the pharmaceutical world and integrated approach supplied
• company with a full and complete picture of costs and options.