The customer is a leading UK high street value clothing retailer, employing more than 70,000 people in 14 countries.
Business Challenge
- Improve supply chain capability to handle the business expansion plan
- Eradicate delays at seaport in the supply chain
- Ameliorate DC capacity issues during peak period
- Improve flow process for store expansion program
- Reduce third party logistics operational cost for current DC and transport to store
Approach
The project included the following steps:
- Strategic review and analysis of End-to-End supply chain costs, flows and capacities
- Range and category analysis assessment of store service priorities
- Developed options aligned to business projections
- Identify a business case, costed solution, savings equivalent to 1.5% of sales
Results
- Phased 5-year supply chain migration plan with NPV of € 350m
- € 3,5m operational cost savings identified
- 10-12 days potential LT reduction on fast fashion garments
- Developed a prioritized operational and store improvement program