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Sainsbury'swithAllportCargo Services A


winner


Sainsbury'swith Allport Cargo Services


highly commended


Whitbread with Kuehne + Nagel


shortlisted Gatwick Airport with DHL


Sainsbury’s with Allport Cargo Services


Starbucks with Gist Tesco with Damco


Whitbread with Kuehne + Nagel


Picture: Fromleft: Iain Bartholomew, Sainsbury’s, Sophie Kennedy, Cinram;VijayMadlani, Sainsbury’s;FionaMcKay, ACS; Clyde Buntrock, ACS;Matthew Buttery, ACS;Phil Sugden, ACS; JeannineChapman, ACS;Martin Bayfield, host.


s expected, the Logistics&Distribution category received a greatnumber of entries againthis year – and hence, the shortlistwas


long,making the judges’ task thatmuch harder. Good practical examples of sound process


improvementswere evident fromall the entries, and allwere noteworthy and commendable.Three received very similar scores, but two stood out – Whitbreadwith Kuehne +Nagel and Sainsbury’s with Allport Cargo Services. The entry fromWhitbreadwith Kuehne +Nagel


outlined the close collaboration between the two organisations,with Kuehne +Nagel’s network providing twoDCs, sixmulti-user cross docking facilities, and a fleet of 200multi-temperature vehicles to service the needs of sixWhitbread brands.The logistics service providermanages around £360millionworth of inventory ordering a year forWhitbread and nowdelivers internationally to 35 locationsworldwide across Europe, Africa and Asia.The judges highly commendedWhitbreadwith Kuehne +Nagel. Close collaborationwas also central to the entry


fromSainsbury’swith Allport Cargo Services.Here the focuswas on Sainsbury’s origin pick programme,which has revolutionised the retailer’s flowof generalmerchandise product into theUK fromoverseas sourcing locations. Added-value origin operations nowprovide 100 per cent availability of sale stock in every domestic store. Thiswas amatter of integrating the systems of both


parties on a global scale to deliver a single stock viewfromoverseas factories through toUK stores. The result is a seamless flowof product and


milestone information, providing financial benefits that are clear to see.The judges said: “This is an impressive aspect of globalisation – a forwarder that has taken lessons fromthe textile trade and applied themto retail”.They liked theway the solution leverages local strengths and offers flexibility, along with high accuracy.Therewas evidence of excellent co-operation, innovative thinking and great pragmatism– all achieved through shared objectives andworking as one team. For the judges, thiswas thewinner. So the 2014 trophy for Logistics &Distributionwent to Sainsbury’swith Allport Cargo Services.


WAREHOUSE INITIATIVE sponsored by IntraLogisteX winner


John Lewis plc with Knapp AG


shortlisted


Diamantis Masoutis S.A with Business Concept


Supply Chain


John Lewis plc with Knapp AG


Morrisons with Bibby Distribution


Supergroup with Clipper


John Lewis plcwith KNAPPAG G


one are the dayswhenwarehouses just stored things.They arenowwell-oiled machines, geared to the efficient fulfilment


of customer orders.Thismakes theWarehouse Initiative category a fascinating one to observe. This year the top two entries came from


DiamantisMasoutis SAwith Business Concept Supply Chain and John Lewiswith Knapp AG. DiamantisMasoutis has 251 stores acrossGreece


Picture: Fromleft:TonyKaminski of IntraLogisteX;executive vice president of Knapp AG, Heimo Robosch;operations director at John Lewis,Dino Rocos;head of operations atMagna ParkCampus of John Lewis, JohnMunnelly;and hostMartin Bayfield.


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and the Balkans, andmore to come. It decided to invest in a 64,000 sqmmulti-temperature facility in Thessaloniki.The design by Business Concept Supply Chain combined dry storagemanagement, meat packing, fruit and vegetablesmanagement, and frozen products storage in one facility.The inbound operational level is segregated fromthe outbound level by a height of fivemetres.The aisles where trucks place stock to the shelves are totally independent to the aisleswhere the pickers operate – ensuring FIFO. In addition, an automated E-Tow under-floor chain conveyor is deployed to transport roll cages around the building. Thiswas a good entry, excellent even, but it had tough competition with the entry fromJohn Lewis. Over the past three years John Lewis has


transformed its store replenishment and e- fulfilment operations, investing heavily in automation at its two adjacent sites inMagna Park. The retailer’s success has led to a £17minvestment in expanding automation in the past 18months – focusing on increasing the capacity and capability


for direct to customer operations, including automation of packing and pick to carton technology.TheMagna Park facilities handle the small, ‘binnable’ stock that account for themajority share of the product range and unit throughput for both the shop and online offer.The automation includes: 52 decant stations for converting goods fromcartons as received fromthe 3,500 suppliers to the site into a standard re-usable tote bin; 13 automaticminiload cranes serving 224,000 locations; and 30 goods toman picking stations. This facility has providing the retailerwith a


sophisticated omni-channel solution.The judges were sufficiently impressed by the service levels achieved and the agility of the operation to award John Lewiswith KNAPP the 2014Warehouse Initiative trophy.


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