CROSSPOINT IMPLEMENTATION – CASE STUDY
About the Company
Aramis Logistics Center is a delivery point that serves IKEA suppliers locally and regionally. He is a member of ARAMIS GROUP, an integrated chain of companies located in Baia Mare. The group coordinates the entire production process for a wide range of upholstered furniture, sofas and mattresses, from the stage of design and processing of the raw material to the quality control, storage and shipping.
Aramis Group has become one of the most important employers at regional level, with more than 4,500 employees.
Some of the project challenges
- Short implementation time;
- Implementation of the initial logistical structure (central warehouse including external rented warehouses) with high occupancy;
- The need to analyze in parallel the flows from the new logistics center;
- Integration of EDI client systems (OMS = Order Management System, TMS = transport management system) with the team involved in validating the solution from several geographical areas: Romania, Sweden, Turkey, India.;
- Volume of orders constantly increasing;
- Intense activity within the warehouses (24/6), without the possibility of an interruption in the initialization of the WMS system;
- Increase the portfolio of articles by integrating the new customers of the logistics center.
Solution
The implementation of a WMS solution within Aramis Logistics came as a necessity following the increase of the complexity of the logistics processes by consolidating the goods of several companies with a varied portfolio of articles and atypical pallet dimensions.
The project had as go-live July 2013 in the structure of existing warehouses at that time. 100% coordination with the ERP solution used by the client ensured a smooth transition to the new system that coordinated the group’s logistics.
With the takeover of the OMS functionalities and the EDI integration of the main client, an upgrade took place which involved the integration of the transport planning and customer service departments in the Back-Office area. In addition to bringing all the processes in the group’s logistics within the Crosspoint solution, the transition from an asynchronous activity between the IT systems made available by the main Aramis client, to a fully integrated activity based on real-time validation of the stock and delivery order status was achieved.
The opening of the logistics center operated in Baia Mare by Aramis Logistics led to the expansion to 6 external suppliers who became customers of the logistics center. The WMS and OMS solution was first implemented in the factories of the 6 suppliers and expanded through live integration with the activity of the logistic center.
WMS Implementation
General Manager, Aramis Logistics
Warehouse Layout, KPIs, Workflows
General Manager, Aramis Logistics
Loading Optimization and Reporting
General Manager, Aramis Logistics
WMS Implementation, Integration and Support
IT Manager, Aramis Logistics
WMS Benefits
Deputy General Manager, Aramis Logistics
Features of the suite initially implemented:
- Finished Goods reception
- Transfer and tracking by means of transport Production – Logistics Warehouse
- Customer order management
- Delivery reports, invoice export communication
- Storage location: Production, warehouse transfer, storage, in preparation
- FIFO stock reserve allocation
- User productivity reports
- KPI
- External hall inventory via asynchronous inventory mode
- External hall replenishment
- Block per reception (batch), Data Stamp, pallet
- Volumetric pallet types
- Traceability of specific stock parameters:
- Production date;
- SSCC pallet;
- Type FSC;
- Date Stamp
- Customer returns
- Checking before loading
- Inventory per zone
- Full traceability for all stock transactions
Features of the suite later implemented
EDI integration
- Messages exchanged throughout the flow allow the automation of:
- Defining attributes size, weight items
- Creating new destinations at warehouse level, cross-docking points or end customer stores
- Creating orders
- Approval of orders
- Delivery date changes and integrated approval flow changes
- Create transport requests
- Confirmation of transport requests
- Dispatch and invoicing messages
- Confirmation of registration of invoices in customer financial system
Automatic transportation planning (3D)
Integration of multiple WMS, multiple ERP
Reception of scheduled trucks and Quality Inspections
Invoicing
Stock optimization through advanced put-away and picking algorithms
Dynamic allocation of loading ramps based on optimal transfer path
Cross-docking
Pre-loading area;
Dashboard and automatic production delivery
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- Stock Accuracy 99,9955%
- On-time Delivery (OTD) 95%
- Increase Outbound Trucks Filling Rate 16%
- (Inventory time decreased by 80%
Post-implementation results
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