OPERATIONS IMPROVEMENT
Scope
Our warehouse operations consultants review and develop operations improvement opportunities in warehouse/distribution center operations to provide maximum service to your customers while minimizing costs.
The scope typically focuses on warehouse operations but also includes manufacturing, assembling and other value added services.
Objectives
Results from Establish’s warehouse operations improvement consulting projects typically include increased productivity and throughput which:
Reduces warehouse handling costs
Increases capacity
Improve customer service levels
Deliverables
1. Action List and Business Cases for Improvements
A clear action list on how to improve warehouse operations including business cases.
2. Productivity Standards and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
A benchmark of the current operation versus productivity standards and the determination of what KPIs to track and use.
3. Improved Layout Design
A new physical layout design with improvements in capacity, flow and productivity.
4. Benchmarking of Operations and Costs Against our Supply Chain Best Practices
History
Our Best Practices were developed with General Electric Co. (GE) to benchmark their 72 divisions and are updated continuously based on our supply chain experience and advances in technology.
Deliverable
We provide a detailed scorecard by practice (example to the left), in addition to a detailed audit by individual process, so you can see where your opportunities within logistics are.
5. Improved Processes
Maps of your warehouse processes with details of improvement opportunities.
Improvement Areas
Process inefficiencies
Redundancies
Excessive travel time
Deadhead travel time
Excessive operator decision-making
Lack of planning
Automation
Streamlining processes
Changing pick strategy
Material handling equipment
Storage configuration
Methodology
The Establish Way™
Experience
Establish has over 50 years of experience auditing and improving operations across virtually every industry. Our roster of satisfied clients ranges from $9 million firms to companies with revenues in excess of $90 billion.
Unbiased
We don’t sell any equipment or software and we are not trying to make the project into something else. We are supply chain consultants only, which guarantees that you get the best solution for you.
Established tools and methods
Establish Supply Chain Best Practices and Establish Davis Database of Logistics Costs are unique. Along with other state-of-the-art tools, they put Establish in a great position to systematically improve your operations.
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Why establish?
TOOLS & METHODS
Within warehousing, we are using state of the art tools and methods. Below you will find some of the more important tools.
Logivations Warehouse Simulation
Optimity
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Establish Logistics Best Practices™
CASE STUDIES
Establish has a long track-record within warehouse design and improvements. The case studies below are just a few examples of achievements from Establish's supply chain consultants together with clients within warehouse design and improvements.
Facility Design – Automotive Spare Parts
An automotive manufacturer needed a new facility for warranty spare parts. The project encompassed developing and evaluating three strategically different solutions, sizing and designing the layout all the way through to the implementation and start-up on time and budget.
Warehouse Redesign and Improvements for a Leading Building and Construction Material Distributor
Establish assisted a leading building and construction material distributor by redesigning their over-capacity warehouse, improving internal processes and quantifying the return on investment.
Improving Ergonomics And Picking Efficiency For A Vitamin And Supplements Manufacturer
Establish identified that optimizing the slotting strategy was the key to increasing efficiency and enabling a more ergonomically friendly warehouse operation.
Third party logistics (3PL): Search and Selection
Establish helped a multinational animal healthcare provider consolidate its distribution operations with the search and selection of the ideal 3PL.