KAIZEN™ in Logistics

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To Total Supply Chain Optimization

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of warehouse movements are empty

of companies measure OTIF (On Time In Full)

increase of total shipping costs worldwide

of leaders invest in efficiency improvement

injuries/year due to improper material handling

Mission

If you have the mission of:

• Exceeding 98% OTIF

• Shortening end-to-end delivery Lead Times, by striving 100% value-added activities

• Minimizing overall logistics costs without affecting service level

Challenges

Roadblocks impeding you from fully succeeding:

Maintaining competitive delivery Lead Times without overstocking

Keeping up with the increasing complexity of the supply chain and its new emerging markets

Attracting the new-generation workforce without increasing labour costs

Testing and implementing new technologies while operations are running

Compliance with anti-idling and other emission reduction regulations

The shifting service level paradigm, from speed to information transparency

Solutions

You need to develop:

Warehouse Design

• Implement a warehouse layout designed by value streams to optimise picking productivity

• Optimize storage containers and improve warehouse occupancy

• Standardize flows to eliminate non-value-added activities

• Implement a warehouse layout designed by value streams to optimize picking productivity

• Optimize storage containers and improve warehouse occupancy

• Standardize flows to eliminate non-value-added activities

Milk Runs

• Implement optimized delivery roots that maximize truck occupancy

• Increase the frequency of delivery and deliver reliable replenishment Lead Times

• Implement optimized delivery roots that maximize truck occupancy

• Increase the frequency of delivery and deliver to necessary replenishment Lead Times reliably

Inbound & Outbound Flows

• Optimize sorting ad conference workstation to reduce Lead Times

• Level loading activities to reduce idle time and manage workforce

• Dedicate areas for inbound and outbound flows to reduce non-value added

• Optimize sorting ad conference workstation to reduce Lead Times

• Level loading activities to reduce idle time and manage workforce

• Dedicate areas for inbound and outbound flows to reduce non-value-added activities

Supply Chain Planning

• Implement pull planning to reduce stocks and increase delivery frequency

• Adjust the planning model for the different demand behaviour products

• Implement pull planning to reduce stocks and increase delivery frequency

• Adjust the planning model to account for products exhibiting differing demand behaviours

Reach best-in-class performance

Interregional Transport Optimization

Logistics Optimization in Food Retail

Productivity increase in spare parts warehouse

Start with a Value Stream Analysis

During the Value Stream Analysis workshop, we will create an improvement vision for your organization, business unit or department. By working alongside your team, we will understand the current state of the business processes, design the Value Stream Vision and define an implementation plan to achieve the desired results.

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Find key improvement opportunities in your logistics processes by conducting a Value Stream Analysis.

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