Deploying the inventory merge strategy
Sector of activity
Leader French distributor of cultural products and household appliances
Project background
Following a takeover, synergy projects were defined, particularly in the logistics field, between the retailer and the acquired company. In this context, leader sought assistance in redefining the logistics perimeter by using the group's assets to :
- Optimize the group's storage area.
- Manage and operate a group stock common to both banners.
- Set up communication between logistics IS.
- Guarantee the level of service offered to the company's customers and stores.
Our approach
Phase 1: Physically combine inventories from the 2 banners
- Understanding logistics processes.
- Qualification of areas for improvement: description and measurement of impacts, definition of schedule
- Moving stock.
Phase 2: Project management
- Setting up and running a shared stock.
- Writing functional specifications.
- Coordination of technical implementation.
- Support during the acceptance phase.
- Definition of stock migration processes and scenarios.
Phase 3: Deploying shared inventory
- IT support for the migration of inventory information systems to shared management.
- Definition of WMS settings for post-migration WIP management.
- Withdrawal of the brand's WMS from the acquired company's site.
Our results
- Implementation of an interfaced multi-brand IS environment.
- Sign 1 flows processed by Sign 2 IS (inbound/outbound).
- Stock on a single SI available at both banners.
- Decommissioning of the WMS on the logistics site of the acquired company.
- Monitoring and post-deployment support.
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CONTACT US
Christophe Dantin
Senior Manager
- 2A, rue Danton - 92120 Montrouge - France
- +33 (0)7 64 18 50 76
- c.dantin@universretail.com