Industry and supply chain consultancy: case studies
New concept warehousing & distribution 'The Consultancy Company's industry experience was incredibly important in helping us.' Neil Arnott, Head of Supply Chain Kwik-Fit was finding it increasingly demanding to keep its centres supplied with tyres. Tyre variety had increased to 900 sizes across 4,400 brands and dimension combinations. Manufacturer deliveries were up to six a day, taking staff away from customers. Kwik-Fit asked us to help them create a National Distribution Centre (NDC). This resulted in retail centres getting six deliveries a week with orders consolidated into a single roll-cage; on-shelf availability at between 95-97%; a simplified delivery system that cleared valuable retail space;; a closed-loop chain where empty roll-cages are filled with shredded used tyre casings and taken for recycling; a 3,000 tonne reduction in CO2 emissions. Read more |
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Using lean to lead organisational transformation 'The team was enthusiastic, there was a fantastic response culture from the rest of the business, it was a great opportunity for real shop-floor participation and it got results.' Mike Davies, Director, Silentnight Beds The Consultancy Company was asked to facilitate and provide ongoing support to the manufacturing area, building on previous lean improvement activities. The RIE yielded 15% productivity gains and led to savings of £100k per annum. Read more |
Warehousing and distribution effectiveness: Strategic Review BSH is the UK sales and distribution organisation for Bosch and Siemens. They had outgrown their warehousing facility. After a review of options we helped them locate a new facility, make big inventory savings and cut transport costs by over 15%. Read more |
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Optimising stock and maximising delivery ‘We were very impressed with the effectiveness and simplicity of the inventory management tools The Consultancy Company used to help us define our optimal stock parameters.’ Divisional Director, FAST Fenner Advanced Sealing Technologies (FAST) is a provider of seals and sealing solutions. FAST recognised that they were losing business opportunities through a lack of product availability caused by weakneses in the their inventory management processes. The Consultancy Company was asked to develop an inventory management approach to establish and maintain a consistent market leading service (over 95% OTIF) without incurring excessive levels of inventory. Read more |
Sales & Operations Planning“The Consultancy Company’s work with us on our sales and operations planning approach has had a transformational effect on the business." James Neville, Managing Director
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Low cost country sourcing in the construction industry A fast growing provider of products and services for the UK construction industry asked us to develop a low cost country sourcing strategy and implementation programme and deliver a complete solution. Resultant savings ranged from 25 – 50% on metal parts and up to 60% for plastics. Read more |
