We present to your attention our new automation project - the distribution center of the company "Optima". This company has been operating in the retail market of household chemicals, cosmetics and perfumery for more than 10 years. An extensive retail network includes more than 100 stores and two distribution centers in Nizhnevartovsk and Yekaterinburg.
To organize and automate a modern distribution center in Yekaterinburg with the ability to supply all stores from one place, this is a requirement of the time and a dynamic market. “In order to stand out from the competition, we need to maintain a stable and as complete presence of goods on store shelves as possible. To do this, the warehouse had to maximize the speed and accuracy of processing orders and the time for acceptance and shipment of goods,” says Sergey Minnikov, director of the IT department at Optima.
The management of the Optima company accepted this challenge and, together with the team of Logicon experts, successfully coped with the task. They staked on the development of logistics and automation of warehouse management. At the distribution center with an area of 10,000 sq.m. implemented solution Infor WM 9.1.5.
The main objectives of the project to optimize and automate warehouse logistics were determined
Creation of an effective system of control and support of warehouse operations;
Optimization of distribution center operations;
Improving the accuracy and speed of order assembly;
Introduction of cross-docking of collected orders using an external ERP system;
Integration of the implemented Infor WM system with the existing ERP system of the enterprise.
Transfer of all shipments to a single distribution center
“The Optima Company thanks the implementation team of the Logicon company for the successful launch of the warehouse management system implementation project, an individual approach to solving the tasks set, for the project's deadlines and budget. The experience of Logicon specialists allowed not only to introduce a modern warehouse logistics automation system, but also to achieve optimization of warehouse business processes,” Sergey Minnikov commented on the results of the project.