Organisational scope of the project
Production warehouse: two buildings, block stacking, block shelving, railcar access, railcar ramp
Distribution warehouse: front shelving, block shelving, block stacking; truck and railcar ramps
Project features
- In-house oil and fat products;
- Dispatch to company branches in Kazakhstan;
- Distribution to customers in Almaty Region: dispatch through forwarders (stores, hypermarkets, markets and bazaars, HoReCa, own branded stores);
- Dispatch for export;
- Acceptance of imported products;
- Bundling for retail (assembly by piece and box);
- Resource management, pick-n-drop zones, lifts.
Quantification
- 2 warehouses: production and distribution;
- 3 temperature modes;
- 500+ SKUs;
- Round-the-clock warehouse operation.
Production warehouse process volume
Incoming processes
- Acceptance from production;
- Acceptance from suppliers or other branches;
- Placement;
- Acceptance from distribution centres;
- Store returns.
Outgoing processes (road and rail)
- Order bundling (boxes, pallets, pieces);
- Returns and write-offs to production;
- Dispatch to other branches;
- Dispatch for export;
- Dispatch to distribution centres.
Cross processes
- Inventory;
- Internal moves;
- Rejection, write-offs;
- Cross-docking;
- Resource management.
Distribution warehouse process volume
Incoming processes
- Acceptance from suppliers or other branches;
- Acceptance from the production warehouse;
- Acceptance of returns from forwarders;
- Placement via pick-n-drop.
Outgoing processes
- Replenishment of bundling zones;
- Bundling by full pallets;
- Bundling by boxes;
- Bundling by partial packages (pieces, catchweight goods);
- Dispatch to forwarders;
- Dispatch to the production warehouse (return).
Dispatch for export
- Dispatch to other branches;
- Cross processes;
- Inventory;
- Internal moves;
- Rejection, write-offs;
- Resource management.
TLS consulting solution
- Implemented an interface for the storekeeper to manage acceptance from production;
- Set up integration with weighing equipment (weighing catchweight products during dispatch, dispatch by actual weight);
- Acceptance from production without production orders or delivery;
- Product quarantine (dispatch suspension during the period of cooling in the warehouse);
- Customs clearance (dispatch suspension of non-cleared imported goods);
- Separation into queues and warehouse orders when bundling from floor storage, considering the units of measurement in warehouse tasks.
