Metal products & Machinery

Productivity improvement warehouse activities

BUSINESS CONTEXT

  • Technical wholesale trade company dealing in components & parts for water transport.
  • Low-cost strategy enhanced with Operational Excellence strategy.

CUSTOMER NEED

  • Warehouse productivity improvement.
  • With at least the same standard of quality and service to customers.

RESULTS

  • Labour productivity improvement of 20-25% within 4 months.

CHANGES

  • New set of operating rules.
  • New operating system: daily follow-up against standards (IDEX).
  • Work standardisation of warehouse activities based on Lean principles (first time right – elimination of waste).

R&G APPROACH

  • Variance-based metric on Productivity.
  • Business Process based on implementation of Lean principles.
  • Coaching of Operational leadership in daily use operating system.

CLIENT TESTIMONIAL

“What gets measured gets done!”

Commercial Director

“Daily performance transparency based on facts provides flexibility to increase or decrease capacity”

Operational Mgr

“Keep it simple and follow up the process by supporting the people with the daily execution”

Logistical Mgr

“They have helped me to understand and now I see new things to improve”>

Warehouse Team leader