Etienne Udry

Entrepreneur, Projects, IT and Logistics

EDC extension

yellow and white plastic box lot

Go Live : 2007

Results

Improved troughput from 4000 to 6000 parcels/day ; Reduced in-bound time from 3 days to 4 hours

Objectives

Increase European Distribution Center capacity and through-put

with minimum additional human resources and space optimization

Scope

Inventory Management

Logistics flows

Challenges

With the completion of European countries integration, the addition of new brands and the growth of sales, the European Distribution needed to increase significantly its process capacity without increasing costs.

Solutions

Re-design of warehouse flows and processes

Further automation of picking and packing processes

EDI integration with Swatch Group Brands