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Bracknell, UK, 1 April 2008
3M Greece, a subsidiary of diversified technology company 3M, has installed a new warehouse management system (WMS) in its distribution centre located near Athens. The WMS from 3M Supply Chain Solutions, the international operating arm of HighJump Software, went live in just one day and has already brought innovation to the distribution centre (DC) by enabling fast inventory cycle counts, as well as optimised batch order waves, reduced manual workload, increased inventory control and improved lot traceability.
3M Greece’s building lease was coming up for renewal and, as a lean organisation with a warehouse team of 18, the 6000 sqm of warehouse space was too big for them to manage. The HighJump Warehouse Advantage system presented the ideal solution; it would allow them to maintain their own warehouse, modernise operations for the subsidiary, utilise the extra space and apply their experience in logistics services to launch their own 3PL business.
“The entire project from conception to board approval, design and installation took eight months, yet the go live was completed in just one day with few resources and minimal disruption or problems encountered,” commented Christos Baracos, HR, Logistics & IT Manager, 3M Greece. “Although we moved from a completely manual system, when we went live with the HighJump WMS the users did not have any problems whatsoever. We didn’t stop operations, not even for a day.”
“The 3M Greece DC has now entered a new era, and our WMS has received highly positive feedback from both warehouse staff and customers,” said Leo Valentin, General Manager EMEA, 3M Supply Chain Solutions. “New processes for picking, packing, inventory counts and labeling have resulted in great improvements in terms of productivity, speed, accuracy and overall warehouse visibility.”
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The inventory location capability of HighJump Warehouse Advantage has optimised
cycle counting in the DC. Previously, staff had to shut the whole warehouse down
for two days and bring in extra staff to run a stock count manually. Now staff
can scan inventory on the spot using radio frequency (RF) guns and conduct
reconciliation of discrepancies on a daily basis without any interruption to the
operation.
The HighJump WMS has not only enabled the DC to launch its new 3PL business,
which is already up and running with numerous customers. It has also allowed the
DC to remain lean and more streamlined in its operations. Staff numbers have not
increased despite going from 400 order lines per day two years ago to an average
of 650 per day today, with peaks of 900 to 1000 order lines per day.
Furthermore, the new system has enabled smaller batch order waves that staff can
prepare during the course of the day in a more efficient timeframe.
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