Logistics Partners workbooks have been developed to enable a speedy review of the operational and administration procedures within the warehouse; including the use of systems to perform these procedures. For a particular supply chain systems review these will be tailored to the operation being reviewed. The review can include Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), Transport Management Systems (TMS), Forecasting & Purchasing, Sales Order Processing (SOP), ePos and any logistics technology used.

Typical areas that can be included in a supply chain systems review:

• Systems Architecture and interfaces
• Customer Order Placement and scheduling
• Stock Location and Inventory
• Goods Receipt
• Picking and Despatch
• Returns/Claims
• Store or customer order calculation
• ePOS systems
• Warehouse replenishment Purchase Order creation and scheduling
• Transport scheduling and utilisation
• Customer delivery

A typical supply chain systems review will involve:

• Tailoring of the Logistics Partners workbooks
• On-site review, including interviews with key personnel and shadowing of key operations
• Preparation of the report
• The results of the supply chain systems review will be presented to the relevant warehouse supervisors and management and a workshop will be organised to discuss the recommendations

The final report will:

• Give an overview of the operational and administration processes currently in use
• Highlight the system functionality available, but not currently being exploited and the projected benefits and costs of utilising this functionality
• Propose operational changes that can be effected with current systems and the benefits such changes could provide
• Propose customisations to current systems or new supply chain system or logistics technology that will improve the efficiency of the operation and the benefits these changes could bring

Examples:

Logistics Partners have successfully performed Supply Chain Systems Reviews for numerous customers. For example, we have reviewed:

• The Ambient and Chill operations for Midlands Co-Operative Society, from forecasting and re-order through to warehouse despatch
• The Transport, ordering and in-store systems for deliveries from the UK to non-UK locations for NAAFI.
• The end-to-end supply chain from forecasting & ordering through warehouse management to retail sales for P&O Ferries

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"Lynn's excellent knowledge of supply chain, logistics and warehouse management was invaluable in identifying weaknesses in current process and technology as well as identifying requirements for a new WMS.

Despite a difficult business environment Lynn continued to gain business engagement and produce work of a faultless standard. I am happy to recommend Lynn to any company looking to target improvements in their logistics division."

- Alisdair Walton—IT Business Analyst - P&O Ferries 2006 to 2008

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"It was clear in the joint proposal put forward by Aricia Limited and
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 way of addressing them. This assignment really helped us to progress our
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- Chris Emmel, Buying Director, NAAFI