MRP setup and warehouse optimization – FOOD
CUSTOMER
Client is a family-owned company that became part of a multinational company in 2005. Their expertise lies solely with a certain branch of chocolate production for private label clients
CHALLENGES
- Due to an explosive growth in demand, because of the bigger client network, supply chain couldn’t maintain the same service levels as they did before.
- Additional stress was put on the employees of the company, creating a stressful environment.
RESULTS
- Purson stepped in the material / production planning team to make sure pressure on the employees didn’t get too high.
- Analysis of current material supply planning as well as current production planning procedures.
- Cleaned up all the master data and made sure the existing EXCEL-files were mostly worked away in / interfaced with the ERP-system.
- Created MRP-procedures in Navision, wrote a clear manual and made sure other planners received proper instruction.
- Analysis of current in-and outbound logistics flow
- Optimization of the warehouse setup, introducing a new scanning system
