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Pepsi Wins Top Supply Chain Award
By Mike Sachoff
Staff Writer
Article Date: 2010-10-15
The Pepsi Beverages Company received first-place honors in the 2010 Supply Chain Innovation Award competition at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals' (CSCMP) annual global conference held recently in San Diego, California. C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. and IPC-Subway earned second-place honors.
Chosen from six finalist teams, the Pepsi Beverages Company (PBC) supply chain organization developed a distribution strategy that delivers warehouse cost savings, reduces system-wide inventory, eliminates warehouse space constraints, and unlocks the potential for unlimited SKU growth.
The innovation not only benefited the company's warehouse operations, it also "changed the game" in the areas of selling, delivery, and merchandising. By leveraging new case picking order fulfillment automation technology, and combining proprietary order management tools with breakthrough network optimization strategies, PBC cracked the code on labor intensive activities in direct store delivery (DSD)while driving top-line growth, expanding product offerings, and improving service.
PBC's case study is entitled Direct Store Delivery Transformation Through Automation.
"Winning CSCMP's 2010 Supply Chain Innovation Award is tangible recognition for years of hard work by Paul Hamilton, Tim Thornton, and the entire PBC supply chain team," said Victor Crawford, executive vice president of supply chain and system transformation for Pepsi Beverages Company.
"This group of supply chain veterans has successfully positioned PBC for continued growth by deploying an automated solution that is both innovative and integrated into our business processes."
About the Author:
Mike is a staff writer for WebProNews. Visit WebProNews for the latest ebusiness news.
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