United Group on the Path to Warehousing Excellence with SNS and Infor WMS
SNS, a leading provider of supply chain solutions in the Middle-East, is pleased to announce it has successfully completed the roll-out of the Infor Warehouse Management system at UWDS, the Warehousing and Distribution company for United Group, for their UTC storer. This roll-out follows the first go-live with Diyafa storer in July this year.
- (1888PressRelease) November 15, 2012 - United Group was born in 1972 with the establishment of UTC for trading of food products. The group quickly grew to establish additional companies and partnered with multinationals such as McDonald's and Lactalis. In recent years, United Group decided to consolidate its Warehousing and Distribution operation for the different companies under the umbrella of UWDS. United Group aimed at setting up a state-of-the-art facility and adopting world-class standards in operations. For this, they sought the help of SNS, the market leader in warehousing and logistics solutions.
SNS first aided United Group in designing the 12,000 pallet position warehouse. It included 3 different temperature controlled areas (frozen, dry and chilled) as well as a combination of Selective, Drive-In and Radio Shuttle Racking. SNS also provided United Group with high-quality location labels to facilitate inventory tracking.
When it came to equipping the facility with a best-of-breed system, SNS offered the Infor Warehouse Management Solution. The WMS software implemented at United Group allows them to increase the utilization of their warehouse capacity by mixing products of different storers within the same zones without losing track of their individual inventories. In order to minimize access to the freezer for order picking, SNS configured the WMS to enable a dynamic replenishment procedure where individual orders requirements are consolidated and brought to the stage for subsequent picking.
The WMS project for United Group included an operations' reengineering exercise, the design and documentation of Standard Operating Procedure manuals as well as the integration of the WMS with the Orion ERP to streamline data of both systems. The use of Radio Frequency Handheld devices fully imbedded within the application allows for quick data entry, minimum data entry errors and real-time tracking of operations.
"We are very pleased to have helped United Group in the setup of their logistics company in more than one aspect," said Mario Ghosn, General Manager at SNS. "We look forward to keeping our partnership with their team and working with them on new ventures".
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