Bakkavor Achieves Faster, Fresher and More Flexible Food Service
Bakkavör Group is a leading international food manufacturing company specialising in fresh prepared foods and produce. The Group operates 66 factories and employs over 20,000 people in ten countries, including the UK, Iceland, France, Belgium, Spain, South Africa, China, the Czech Republic and the United States. 88% of company revenue is generated through customers in the UK, 10% in Continental Europe and 2% in the rest of the world. Bakkavör Group makes over 6,000 products in 18 product categories, which are developed and sold predominantly under its customers’ own brands.
The Challenge
Bakkavör was challenged by rapid market growth and a lack of coordination and integration amongst the company’s systems and facilities. It had become essential for the company to make vast improvements to its existing supply chain systems in order to maintain and advance its market-leading position. Bakkavör’s order processing and transactions systems were only minimally integrated with its existing warehouse management software; meaning a paper based system had to be used for orders, picking, despatching and reporting.
Solution Implemented
Manhattan’s Warehouse Management solution integrated all of Bakkavör’s systems and streamlined distribution centre processes. Bakkavör chose Manhattan Associates to provide the warehouse management system—a decision based on Manhattan’s vision of the role of a modern warehouse within the total supply chain as well as the solution’s Microsoft-based architecture. As the system went live in the new distribution centre, the manual paper-based environment was replaced with a paperless Radio Frequency (RF)-driven operation, managed by Manhattan’s Warehouse Management solution.
Warehouse Management
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Learn MoreThe Results
Bakkavör achieved total visibility across the supply chain, increased customer service levels, reduced distribution center space needs and increased productivity. Bakkavör derived a number of measurable benefits through the use of Manhattan's Warehouse Management solution, including:
- Increased space and labour efficiency
- Higher levels of service to customers
- Flexibility to handle fluctuations in demand
- Excellent visibility across the supply chain
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Bakkavör achieved total visibility, increased customer service, reduced distribution center space & increased productivity with Manhattan.