WAREHOUSING AND PROCUREMENT
On-Shelf Availability Optimization VUSION - SES-imagotag
WAREHOUSING AND PROCUREMENT
So far , McAlpine Hussmann ’ s procurement function has largely operated with a pre-Industry 4.0 methodology . “ For a long time , because they know their product better than anybody , individual departments have been handling their own procurement ,” says Laird . “ It makes sense to some degree , but it also means that the synergies aren ’ t really there to streamline that activity and make it the most efficient operation that it can be .” One of Laird ’ s main goals revolves around the process of centralising the company ’ s procurement function . As companies scale , decentralised procurement strategies have a tendency to create silos which can create major logistical pain points . “ Right now one of our major pain points concerns space constraints at our main warehouse in Auckland . Part of that stems from that decentralised procurement function where we ’ ve got different things happening in different divisions at the same time , but without everybody knowing about it at the same time ,” says Laird . “ We ’ ve got things that have been scheduled arriving at the same times as things that are a surprise to us .”
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On-Shelf Availability Optimization VUSION - SES-imagotag
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