Pan-European Review of Warehousing & Distribution Activities

Project Sponsor: Integrated Supply Director, Europe

Client:

SAB Miller

Category:

Logistics Consulting, Supply Chain Consulting, Technology Consulting

11 July 2021

A Pan-European programme to identify both strategic & tactical cost savings, service enhancements across eight countries, with deeper dive analysis & validation, clear recommendations for deployment.

THE CHALLENGE

SAB MILLER plc was the 2nd largest brewing and beverage company in the world. Before acquisition by AB InBev in 2016, it operated in 80 countries including 8 in Europe.
The business decided to create a fully integrated European End-to-End supply organisation
Bis Henderson was selected to review the as-is warehousing & distribution activities in 8 countries: Netherlands, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Canary Isles
Each project focused on identification of high level value cost saving opportunities, with recommendations on the in-country and above-country warehousing and distribution organisation

OUR APPROACH

Each project was established in three phases:

Phase 1: Opportunity identification for cost saving & service enhancement
Phase 2: ‘Deeper-dive’ analysis and savings validation
Phase 3: Control Tower establishment and KPI definition
Project scope included logistics networks, transport, warehouses, systems, logistics service procurement, links with manufacturing & sales, management organisation and job accountabilities
Standard templates were constructed & deployed to ensure consistency of output across countries

CUSTOMER BENEFITS

Clear independent output reports by country and regionally, detailing cost savings and service enhancement opportunities with recommendations for deployment, timing and sequence