Case Studies - Additional Short Synopses
Summary of case studies
- SAB - 17% saving.
- ABI - 50% saving.
- Willards - 40% saving.
- Tiger Milling – 19% saving.
- USABCO - decreased planning time by 80%.
- First Garment Rental - 22% saving.
- Meadow Feeds Paarl - 6% saving.
SAB International Swaziland
- Bad roads in many areas cannot be used by some vehicles.
- Some vehicles take soft drinks only, others beer only, others take both.
- Many customer restrictions.
- Increase in HL/Truck Day 60 to 70 = 17% increase in efficiency.
- Saving of approximately 4 out of 25 trucks.
- Smoother picking process.
ABI Vending Bedfordview
- Full service vending branch of Coca Cola – approx 4000 machines.
- Merge route planning with demand prediction.
- GPS tracking matches planned with actual.
- Overall saving of 50% in distribution costs.
Willards Batteries
- Large car and truck battery supplier.
- Distribution planner: “FLO is essential to our distribution operation.”
- Used 9-11 vehicles before FLO. Decreased to 5-6 after FLO. Saving of about 40%.
- Vehicle utilisation went up from 50-60% to over 90%.
Tiger Milling Germiston
- Supplier of corn and wheat products to bakers and supermarkets.
- Many customer restrictions on when flour etc should be delivered.
- Used average of 25 vehicles a day rather than 31.
- Saving of 19%.
USABCO
- Manufacturers f Plastic goods.
- No product sizes available so difficult to plan properly.
- Distribution Director:“FLO routing is as good as the best imported systems and much more flexible”.
- Planning process used to take till 10pm every night, now finish at 5pm.
First Garment Rental
- Suppliers of work uniforms on a rental basis.
- Had 23 delivery routes before implementation of FLO.
- Using FLO route planning went down to 18 routes.
- Saving of 22% in number of vehicles and drivers.
Meadow Feeds Paarl
- Suppliers of animal to feed to farms.
- Very complicated customer restrictions due to chicken and cow feed cross contamination problems.
- Comparison of before to after FLO indicates saving of about R1200 per day.
- Savings of approximately 10%.
