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Optimizing internal logistics

October 14, 2024 753 Views

Sanofi location in Riells (ES) is producing medicines, mainly for the European market. The logistics department is facilitating all goods flows:

  • Inbound of raw materials and packaging materials
  • Dispensing to production and packaging lines
  • Order pick/pack of FG for customers
  • Storage of raw materials, intermediate products, packaging materials and finished goods.

Opportunities

The logistics department is having trouble to process the volumes in a timely manner and store all raw materials, packaging goods and finished products on site.

Solution

Groenewout has performed an on-site survey and a data analysis to detect the bottlenecks and determine required storage capacities.

We created an Ishikawa diagram and identified opportunities to improve the operation; suggesting changes to people/organization, processes, equipment and materials.

All improvement suggestions were ranked to their impact and their implementation efforts & risks.

List options to improve utilization of available storage racks and expand storage capacity.

Benefits

  • Clear suggestions on how to overcome the current issues / bottlenecks
  • Focus on optimization/efficiency of processes
  • Maximizing storage capacity and reduce the needs for external storage for overflow stock