WBS Case Study 05
THE SUPPLY CHAIN MECHANICS
Case study New Warehouse Design and
Construction for Food Manufacturer
BENEFIT
MEASURE
Service level improvement
Increase from 95% to 98-99%
Warehouse consolidation
£0.9M saving per annum
Internal product transfer saving
£0.8M saving per annum
Storage capacity gain
Operator and Supervisor training
Increase from 26.5K to 43K pallets
180 people trained
The scenario
Britain’s biggest food manufacturer wanted a centre for warehousing best practice at one of their 60 UK sites. The site was set up as a benchmark within the company for the definition and delivery of the highest possible standards of working practice. The client wished to consolidate its distribution and warehousing network to cost effectively accommodate past and future acquisitions of competitors.
A building project had already been started without the necessary project management rigour and controls and WBS were asked first to bring the actual building work under control and secondly to implement a complete pallet racking and operational infrastructure.
In order to maximise operational efficiency and achieve compliance with current health and safety regulations WBS were also tasked with a complete redesign and refurbishment of existing warehouses. This included a drive for best practice and training of all staff working at the distribution centre.
As a consequence of the expansion and refurbishment stock needed to be transferred between several internal and third party warehouses in order to achieve the most cost effective stock and customer mix.
The programme
A series of specific projects were identified for the programme:
• Build a new 20,000 m2 warehouse
• Design and build 16,500 pallet locations to suit current and future product mix
• Design and build office and staff amenities block inside the new warehouse
• Design and install a pallet conveyor system
• Refurbish 15 existing warehouses for health and safety and space optimisation
• Create operator and
Case study New Warehouse Design and
Construction for Food Manufacturer
BENEFIT
MEASURE
Service level improvement
Increase from 95% to 98-99%
Warehouse consolidation
£0.9M saving per annum
Internal product transfer saving
£0.8M saving per annum
Storage capacity gain
Operator and Supervisor training
Increase from 26.5K to 43K pallets
180 people trained
The scenario
Britain’s biggest food manufacturer wanted a centre for warehousing best practice at one of their 60 UK sites. The site was set up as a benchmark within the company for the definition and delivery of the highest possible standards of working practice. The client wished to consolidate its distribution and warehousing network to cost effectively accommodate past and future acquisitions of competitors.
A building project had already been started without the necessary project management rigour and controls and WBS were asked first to bring the actual building work under control and secondly to implement a complete pallet racking and operational infrastructure.
In order to maximise operational efficiency and achieve compliance with current health and safety regulations WBS were also tasked with a complete redesign and refurbishment of existing warehouses. This included a drive for best practice and training of all staff working at the distribution centre.
As a consequence of the expansion and refurbishment stock needed to be transferred between several internal and third party warehouses in order to achieve the most cost effective stock and customer mix.
The programme
A series of specific projects were identified for the programme:
• Build a new 20,000 m2 warehouse
• Design and build 16,500 pallet locations to suit current and future product mix
• Design and build office and staff amenities block inside the new warehouse
• Design and install a pallet conveyor system
• Refurbish 15 existing warehouses for health and safety and space optimisation
• Create operator and