As one of Britain's largest producers of bread and morning goods, Hovis is committed to being the 'Best in British Food’ - delivering the taste the British love, with food that's made in Britain by people who understand British consumers.

Employing around 4,500 people from over 20 operating sites from Eastleigh to Glasgow, Hovis asked Bis Henderson to review their transport network to identify opportunities to improve service levels, increase efficiencies and deliver a best in class operation aligned to customers’ expectations.

• A review of the interface between the customer order receipt / input and the planning operation
• Assessing the current fleet, especially specification and utilisation
• Evaluating resource deployment versus demand
• Comparing current KPIs versus best in class measurements and management reporting
• Creation of a best practice routing plan
• Analysis of the existing POD process and comparison to upper quartile industry performance

The project was very successful, having met all objectives on time and to budget.