Overview
A highly recognized coffee retailer / wholesaler needed to reinvent their internal supply chain and to fully support that endeavor, needed to reconfigure all of their warehouses and local delivery points responsible for storing and shipping product, which included direct local customer delivery
Resolution
At over 50 locations and within a 12 month period, MWI implemented a national program for modernizing, expanding and reconfiguring various types of storage systems across their network of warehouses and hubs throughout the USA. This effort included all seismic and structural calculations, evaluation and upgrades of fire protection systems (if required) and obtaining city and county permits where required. A wide variety of systems were provided including selective racking, push back, carton flow, shelving, and related adjacent support equipment.
By properly executing a storage plan within each active facility, MWI was able to provide significant value by reducing footprint and wasted space. By eliminating large forklift aisle and converting to a narrow aisle equipment allowed additional storage height and locations. Providing picking at lower rack levels increased productivity and hroughput in all the facilities which allowed them the ability to add a complete new product line into their inventory.
A large dedicated team from MWI led by an overall Program Manager was broken up into specialty engineering and implementation tasks to which contributed to a focused and on time delivery.
