Unilever (Birds Eye Walls), Birmingham England
Frozen Automated DC
Design, build, and operate 42,000m2 frozen FMCG fully automated distribution centre for Unilever. Best in class facility winnner of Ian McClaren Supply Chain Excellence award and Investors in People. Facility output 300+ pallets per hour and team members picked ~400 cases per hour. Team members worked witin a salaried annualised hours contract with 99% attendance.
Sainsbury (National DC) Stoke On Trent England
National Distribution Centre
Project, testing and commissioning, go-live, and operational leadership one of the UK's largest automated distribution centres. The Stoke facility was widely regarded as the best go-live and operation, of 5 start-ups, in the Sainsbury's transformation programme. DC had 42 picking cranes, 21 ASRS cranes, pick to light, and order consolidation buffer. The system held 20,000 SKUs and could output ~2million cases per week.
Coles Myer (VIC/NSW Australia)
Automated NDC's
Project leadership from business case through to commissioning of two National Distribution Centre's with ~15,000 slow moving SKUs and an Australia first with automated carousels providing goods to person picking at ~800 cases per hour
Coles (NSW/QLD Australia)
Automated RDC
DC design, business case, and operational due dilligence for fully automated regional distribution centres in NSW and QLD. Engaged with Witron to specify layout, equipment, and throughput requiremets. Supported ER/HR trasnistion plan and presented business case to WesFarmers lead
Super Retail Group (Australia)
DC Recovery
Recovery and refine DC network following the commissioning of two new facilities with a significant business case gap. Utilising elements of the #DEFINE model delivered a step change improvement to safety , service, people engagement, and performance while removing in excess of $10m in costs
Monde-Nissin (VIC Australia)
DC Improvement and Inventory
#DEFINE model utilised to provide gap analysis and operational improvement plan for DC with operational insight into inventory and performance management opportuntities. Continuous improvment plan provided with compelling scorecards that focus on both lead and lag measures.
FivePointFour (Australia)
National Home Delivery Network
Support and coach supply chain team to review the natioanl delivery network from factory to home. Network costing by i) Primary, ii) Secondary, iii) Route, and DC handling. From this suppliers selected and contracts implemented with a forward looking supplier engagement plan to deliver continued innovation with respect to safety, service, and performance
.png)