THE SITUATION
A food manufacturer producing pasties, sandwiches and other savoury snacks approached HAYLEY DEXIS for some support in improving how their on-site engineering stores worked for them. The customer was facing issues with stock-out scenarios extending downtime in the wake of breakdowns, as well as some items being overstocked due to a lack of visibility on stock levels.
THE SOLUTION
Following a series of site visits, to better understand the customer’s requirements and the causes of the issues being reported, HAYLEY DEXIS deployed their specialist storesSOLUTIONS team to being work on a project that would:
- Record and categorise inventory items
- Optimise ordering and management of inventory
- Clean and align the customers’ current product data
The storesSOLUTIONS team completed a lot of work in the background to prepare the data, establishing universal part ID’s and integrating the data with smartTIME and the Mainsaver (CMMS) systems.
"VISIBILITY HAS BEEN MARKEDLY IMPROVED WITH MONTHLY DASHBOARDS CREATED FOR KEY STAKEHOLDERS."
THE RESULT
Items within the on-site stores are now much easier to identify, manage the stockholding of, and audit. Every part and product has its unique ID, but also its manufacturer part numbers (MPNs), alternative PNs and OEM PNs also assigned. There has been a 30% reduction in duplicate part entries as a result of the project. The entire dataset has also been standardised in the terminology and coding systems used to help with providing an easy-to-use, real-time insight into the inventory. Multiple production sites are covered in the single dataset, improving procurement efficiency and reducing downtime suffered as a result of a mechanical failure.