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Customized and Effective Beverage Distribution Strategy
As the beverage industry continues to experience a rise in overall volume and SKU proliferation, the variety of products—from fruit drinks and sports drinks to energy drinks, bottled water, beer, wine, and spirits—keeps expanding. This growth challenges beverage producers and distributors to maintain consistent quality and increase profit margins amidst such diversity.
This combination of growth and complexity often results in warehouse and distribution capacity, material handling, customer service, and overall performance issues. As a result, companies engage in warehouse and distribution improvement initiatives. Warehouse and distribution improvement initiatives enable one or more of the following to occur:
- Reduce Operating Costs: Streamline processes to cut expenses without compromising quality.
- Enhance Customer Service Levels: Ensure products are delivered on time and in perfect condition, increasing customer satisfaction.
- Position Your Company for Growth: Prepare for expansion through new brands, organic volume increases, new customer acquisition, acquisitions, and other strategic goals.
“The proper design of warehouse and distribution operations accomplish all of the above”
Our team of in-house professionals, supported by an extensive network of partners, delivers comprehensive distribution solutions that merge strategic business insights with rigorous engineering. We assess the economic and business factors influencing your distribution network and apply proven engineering and operational expertise to enhance your company’s cash flow and overall performance.
How We Can Help
Warehouse Layout & Slotting
Network Optimization
Operations Assessment
Customized Job Training
Performance Specifications
Computer Simulation
Delivery Optimization & Location Modeling
Why Choose KPI Solutions to Optimize Your Beverage Distribution?
Our end-to-end capabilities, services, and knowledge of beverage operations can help you determine the right decision for your business.
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Independent Analysis: We conduct an independent analysis to determine the most suitable solution.
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Expert Guidance: Our team of experienced consultants offers objective advice.
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A Commitment to Your Growth: Partnering with KPI Solutions equates to aligning with a team dedicated to your business’s expansion.
“We’ve significantly increased our productivity and it’s been a great experience.”
– Warehouse Manager, Beverage Distributor
Case Study: EVALUATION OF FACILITY RE-DESIGN
Increasing Storage Capacity & Pick Locations
- Detailed warehouse design approach focused on re-purposing existing space.
- Achieved a 17.5% IRR via avoidance of overflow storage or warehouse relocation.
The Benefits of Optimizing Your Beverage Warehouse & Distribution
Maximize operational excellence and build resilience in your beverage supply chain.
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Beverage Operations Consulting Services
Data-driven analysis and engineered solutions that meet or exceed business needs.
Beverage Warehouse Design
Rising operational costs, high employee turnover, and frequent errors in case handling significantly hinder your market delivery speeds. These inefficiencies not only diminish your bottom line but also place undue stress on your supply chain. In response, we provide customized automated case handling solutions designed to streamline both the breakdown and pallet building processes essential for efficient order fulfillment and distribution.
By introducing automation, we aim to notably reduce manual labor demands—addressing a key factor in employee turnover—while simultaneously boosting operational efficiency and accuracy. This approach not only enhances speed and consistency across operations but also contributes to substantial cost savings and a more stable workforce.
Warehouse Layout & Slotting
We adopt a structured, analytical approach to warehouse layout and slotting, aimed at maximizing space utilization and productivity within existing facilities. This approach includes optimizing facility layouts, storage configurations, pick area designs, and slotting strategies, supported by automation and financial justification. The benefits include enhancing operational performance and maximizing existing assets without significant capital investment.
Facility Sizing & Design
We utilize a detailed engineering approach for warehouse design, focusing on both short-term and long-term solutions based on thorough throughput and inventory analyses. This strategy encompasses warehouse sizing, equipment specifications, and operational workflows, offering clients empirical solutions that optimize cost and operational efficiency.
Operations Assessment
We provide a professional review of performance improvement opportunities based on a two-day operational review and interviews, supported by data analysis of inventory and throughput. This service helps clients identify and understand potential improvements within their facilities, offering a clear methodology for adopting best practices and enhancing operations, along with an evaluation of the efforts required to achieve these results.
Computer Simulation
Our warehouse simulation services employ computer-generated models to mimic real-world operations, allowing us to test and refine systems in a virtual environment. This capability enables us to predict outcomes, optimize operations, and anticipate potential challenges before they occur. By integrating simulation into your planning process, we help you make data-driven decisions that improve overall efficiency, reduce risks, and manage costs effectively. Simulation provides a crucial tool for understanding complex scenarios and implementing solutions that are both innovative and practical.
Network Strategy
We offer warehouse network optimization services using advanced analytical modeling to define the optimal cost structure for warehouses, incorporating transportation, fixed, and variable facility costs under various scenarios. This service enables clients to evaluate multiple network configurations quickly and confidently, providing empirical data to determine the optimal number, location, and function of warehouses to achieve the best logistics costs while meeting desired cost and service levels.
Performance Specifications
Our Performance Specifications service leverages a proven work sampling methodology and cutting-edge technology to develop empirically-based time standards for all operational functions, ensuring standards are reflective of unique business conditions with an 85% confidence level. This approach allows companies to precisely identify factors affecting performance, distinguish between value-added and non-value-added time, and understand the root causes and cost impacts. Additionally, it provides insights into the benefits of process improvements, layout enhancements, product location strategies, and material handling equipment upgrades.
Decades of Experience
Driving Key Outcomes with Data-Driven Strategies
With Over 500 Projects in 30 Countries
Our team offers independent, unbiased consulting for leading companies in North America’s beverage distribution networks. Our engineered solutions are based on in-depth analysis, operational excellence, and an unmatched level of detail, tailored to enhance your distribution strategy and operational efficiency.
