The Situation
A large, fifty-six hectare factory manufacturing insulated panels had issues with their five on-site engineering stores being unorganised. The site employs thirty-two engineers across six business units, all requiring different parts and equipment. Valuable time was being lost with engineers having to travel between their workstation and one of the stores. When they arrived there, it was not guaranteed that the part(s) or equipment would be in stock. This meant that the engineers were reordering items that may be stocked elsewhere or simply hidden from view in the disorganised store room.
The Solution
The problems with the stores were brought to the attention of the local HAYLEY DEXIS team, based in Normanton. In turn, they contacted the specialist stores management team within HAYLEY DEXIS and a date was arranged for them to visit the stores and scope the project which would involve consolidating the stores into one central location. Once the scope of works was agreed, the team spent eight weeks on-site organising the new stores, building new racking and cataloguing all stocked items using the HAYLEY DEXIS stores management system. A new workshop was also created adjacent to the stores, to help improve productivity.
"THE NEW ENGINEERING STORE MAKES IT EASY FOR ENGINEERS TO LOCATE ITEMS QUICKLY."
The Result
The walking and waiting time previously experienced by engineers using the on-site stores has been reduced, with stock-out scenarios also occurring less frequently thanks to the digital cataloguing of the parts. A live stock profile and stock level information is now available at all times. Contamination of parts prone to such problems has also been reduced, as
these are now bagged and stored securely. As a result, the service lives of parts have been extended.