Optimizing Inventory Management of a Hotel Distribution Group to Absorb the Upcoming Load

Overview

Our client, a hotel distribution group, wants to upgrade its warehouse to accommodate the coming load, following the purchase of a subsidiary in Switzerland. KEPLER offers the implementation of a flow analysis methodology and the reorganization of the logistics site.

Context

A European leader in equipment and consumables supplies for hotels and restaurants
The Savoie platform gathers and stores more than 7000 active product references and delivers to the French and Swiss markets
A new non-standard and uncontrolled second mark flow (non-stocked references) represents more than 40% of the logistics in terms of number of lines received
An unmeasured service rate is challenged by newly integrated customers
Saturated platforms with difficulties in absorbing second mark flow and tensions within the logistics teams

Objective(s)

Category: Improving Responsiveness and Securing Availability

Absorbing a 40% increase of the expected load in the warehouse

As in many unprocessed environments, a ramping increase in activity resulted in a reduced productivity and increased malfunctions. The implementation of Lean flows and activity measurement enabled to restore serene teams and to define and test a logistics organization target with them.
Lysiane Bessonnet, Director, Supply Chain Practice Leader

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Lysiane Bessonnet

Director

Lysiane graduated from Audencia Business School, and holds a CSCP certification from APICS. She started her career in consulting as Procurement and Supply-Chain specialist. She joined…

Lysiane Bessonnet

Lysiane Bessonnet

Director

Lysiane graduated from Audencia Business School, and holds a CSCP certification from APICS. She started her career in consulting as Procurement and Supply-Chain specialist. She joined KEPLER in 2009 where she became leader of the Supply-Chain practice. She specializes in the Consumer Goods, Manufacturing and Distribution sectors.