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Develop functional design for new DC

November 27, 2018 5598 Views

Description

Coolmark, ECR & Uniechemie are three subsidiaries of wholesaler Beijer Ref, specialized in refrigeration and air conditioning. All three entities market and sell refrigeration systems and components for both commercial and industrial systems

Opportunities

Beijer Ref identified a new business opportunity in consolidating the warehouse and assembly operation of the three mentioned entities into one new consolidated Benelux warehouse.

Groenewout was asked to assist in developing a functional design for the new DC.

Solution

  • Revision of the current logistics operation and concepts
  • Development of new data set for consolidated operation
  • Suggest and compare possible alternative concepts
  • Determine preferred future state and functional design of consolidated DC

Benefits

Deliverables include:

  • Quantification of various logistic scenarios (goods flows, FTEs, costs), to support the decision making
  • Investment budget and operational costs for new facility

By moving to a consolidated operation new opportunities emerge, allowing all three entities to benefit from the increase in throughput volumes.

This offered them the possibility to implement a partially mechanized operation, including an Autostore system.