UK Retail Transport Optimisation and Cost Reduction

Project Sponsor: Supply Chain Strategy Director

Client:

John Lewis Partnership

Category:

Logistics Consulting

11 July 2021

UK Retail Transport Optimisation and Cost reduction Project targeted to identify group-wide opportunities for transport improvement and solution optimisation.

THE CHALLENGE

To identify synergies across the group which currently operates a complex supply chain:

Multiple supply chain operations across business units
Sector specific planning platforms
Business Unit (BU) centric Executive Reporting

OUR APPROACH

Discovery: Gain business understanding via facilitated workshops, data gathering & analysis
Opportunity Assessment: Assessment of opportunities and high level cost enablers, together with an assessment of the ease of implementation and risk
Reporting: Structured reporting approach across all business units to ensure robust comparisons

CUSTOMER BENEFITS

Waitrose: Seven opportunities identified around TMS, 3rd party transport operation improvements, and integrated supply chain
John Lewis: Eight opportunities identified around home delivery service; smoothing the schedules to balance fleet requirements and backhaul opprtunities
Group: Opportunities include combining the fleet, harmonised driving T&Cs, developing a waste handling network, integrated supplier systems, and creating a control tower to plan all transport