Solution enhances existing warehouse management system
RedPrairie Corporation, a world leading consumer driven optimisation company, has boosted performance and cut operational costs at Oxford University Press (OUP), a major academic publishing house and the world’s largest university press.
OUP collaborated with its workforce to implement RedPrairie’s workforce management solution in its UK warehouse in order to increase its service capacity. In the first week alone, order throughput rose by 19%, with the result that over one year the cost of fulfilling an order fell by 27%. In addition OUP was also able to save £100,000 from its annual budget for warehouse staff as it was able to handle orders during peak periods using less resource.
Elwyn Roberts, OUP Infrastructure Manager, said, “The key to successfully implementing the system was to fully involve staff in the project. We gave them ownership of their productivity and the chance to contribute ideas so that all the changes made were their own. This proved to be a catalyst to re-energise the team and showed them a wealth of new opportunities, what we call light bulb moments, small things that make a big difference. Given the choice, no one would go back to the old way of working.”
OUP’s 240,000 sq ft UK warehouse handles 24 million books, 40,000 titles and 26,500 pallets a year. It manages 15,000 order lines per day and 3,500 orders are dispatched each day.
The Workforce Management solution integrates with OUP’s existing warehouse management solution (WMS), also supplied by RedPrairie – although the solution can be integrated with any third party WMS.
Martin Hiscox, Vice Chairman of the Board, Managing Director and President International, RedPrairie, said, “Workforce Management software is a powerful tool for change in the warehouse and OUP has effectively shown that dramatic improvements are possible if the workforce is fully consulted and involved.”
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