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Lean Kaizen in Warehouse & Distribution

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A Lean Warehouse for Cost-Effective, High-Efficiency Operations

How are you adapting to increasing demand for same day deliveries? How do you maintain optimum inventory levels to eliminate stock outs? Are current warehouse design layout and order fulfillment pressure impacting your operations? We can help you tackle these challenges through effective Lean Kaizen implementation. 

From inventory management to design layout, we help you optimize warehouse operations, eliminate waste, reduce errors, cut down unnecessary costs and enhance productivity. 

Our logistics consultants provide expert guidance in identifying inefficiencies, designing optimized layouts, improving inventory management, and leveraging automation to drive operational excellence in warehouse and distribution.

By focusing on waste elimination, optimized layouts and workforce productivity, businesses can transform their warehouse into a cost-effective, high-performing operation.

Operational Excellence in Warehouse & Distribution

Inventory Planning & Management
  • Optimized inventory levels through a Lean pull-based inventory management system.
  • Proven inventory management techniques with statistical tools to account for demand and supply fluctuations to eliminate stockouts
  • Automated inventory planning and Kanban system for seamless replenishment and efficiency.
Warehouse Layout Design
  • Flexible, flow-optimized warehouse layout to boost manpower productivity, optimize space utilization, and accelerate customer service.
  • 5S and visual management for swift item placement and retrieval, reducing search time and errors.
  • Faster order fulfillment and superior customer satisfaction.
Manpower Productivity
  • Identification and elimination of non-value-adding activities to enhance warehouse manpower efficiency.
  • Optimize cycle times for offloading, storing, and loading operations to drive speed and accuracy.
  • Workload balancing and standardized work practices to maximize productivity and operational consistency.
Inbound Material Flow Improvement
  • Optimized inbound flow and internal logistics, integrating the right material handling equipment to minimize processing time and enhance efficiency.
  • Inbound milk runs to reduce turnaround time and lower transportation costs.
  • Real-time tracking and digital integration to improve visibility, coordination, and overall supply chain responsiveness.
Outbound Material Flow Improvement
  • Optimize Route & Load Planning using data-driven route optimization and load-balancing techniques to minimize transportation costs and improve delivery speed.
  • Waste reduction, Standardisation and automation in picking, packing, and shipping processes to reduce errors, improve efficiency, and ensure on-time, in-full error free (OTIFEF) deliveries.
  • Outbound Milk Runs to reduce time to deliver to customers and to reduce transportation costs
Distribution Costs Reduction
  • Repair and Maintenance Costs reduction through preventive maintenance and condition-based monitoring to reduce unexpected breakdowns and lower maintenance expenses.
  • Enhance Fleet Reliability and Utilization – Optimize fleet scheduling and capacity utilization to maximize efficiency and reduce idle time.
  • Reduce Fleet Turnaround Time – Streamline loading, unloading, and dispatch processes to accelerate fleet turnaround and improve delivery speed.

Our Impact in Warehouse & Distribution

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Transport cost reduction

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Stock outs

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Manpower Productivity improvement

Our Approach to Lean Kaizen Implementation in Warehouse & Distribution

Current State Analysis
  • Current state value stream mapping & future state design
  • Identification of gaps and opportunities in Inbound flow, outbound flow and warehouse operations
Warehouse & Inventory Design
  • Lean Inventory planning models for Imported goods, local goods & finished goods
  • Warehouse layout design based on warehouse design principles – most efficient material flow, minimum lead time
  • 5S & Visual Management implementation in warehouse
  • Warehouse manpower requirement analysis, planning & productivity improvement
Inbound Material Flow Improvement
  • Inbound material flow & productivity improvement across receiving, sorting & storing processes
  • Inbound logistics cost reduction & reliability improvement 
  • Internal Logistics improvement using Mizusumashi
Outbound Material Flow Improvement
  • Improve productivity & speed in outbound material flow across removing, loading & delivering
  • Achieve On time In Full Error Free Delivery through external logistics flow (Milk runs) & Turnaround time reduction
  • Reduction of Logistics & transportation costs with flow and Total productive maintenance

Key Lean Tools used in Warehouse & Distribution

Pull System

Supermarket

TPM

Milk run

Flow layout

Time and Motion Study

5S

Visual management

What to Expect

High Efficiency and Productivity

By minimizing process turnaround time, optimizing resource utilization, balancing workloads and standard work to enhance staff performance.

Lower Costs

By reducing logistics, distribution costs, eliminating non value-adding activities & zero stock outs.

Improved Cash Flow

By ensuring optimum inventory levels, reduction of slow moving stocks & inventory holding costs.

Boost Customer Satisfaction

By accelerating order-to-delivery cycles and minimizing errors for higher-quality products and services.

Our Clients Results

CASE STUDY

Automobile parts warehouse frees up cash, minimise stock outs and improves availability through Lean Inventory Management

Warehouse & Distribution

Automobile parts warehouse optimises stock and reduces carrying cost through Operational Excellence by tightening planning norms and replenishment discipline. This leads to significant reduction in stock for body parts, windscreens and rims, improvement in slow/non-moving norms and counter turnaround time through simpler flows and layout.

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