Peter Robinson

Yard Smart Implementation

4th October 2011

User Group Presentation

What we do at Boots – Our Operation

• Where we were

• Our requirements

• Yard Smart – the solution

• Yard Smart – the benefits

• Burton

• Initial concerns

• Future Vision

Let’s Talk About

• Supply Chain Review

• Beeston Site

• Burton Site

• Regional CDC Network

Our Operation

The Beeston Site

• YMS Experience

• STS database

• Manual process – relied on operators to drive efficiency

• Warehouse driven requests

• System instability

• System Development not possible

• Security – User access levels too broad

• Inaccessible MI

Where were we?

• Manage a 350 Acre site with 18 on site locations

• Manage large number of movements

• Regional CDC / off site locations (Webgate)

• Push trailers onto the warehouses

• Manage the Outbound plan more effectively

• Ability to upgrade / develop / integrate the system

• Reduce operator headcount

• More dynamic “thinking” system

• Driver Efficiency

• Useable MI

• Stable Environment

Our Requirements

Manage a 350 Acre site with 18 on site locations

Manage large number of movements

Regional CDC / off site locations (Webgate)

Push trailers onto the warehouses

X Manage the Outbound plan more effectively

Ability to upgrade / develop / integrate the system

Reduce operator headcount

More dynamic “thinking” system

Driver Efficiency

Useable MI

Stable Environment

The Solution - Yard Smart

• Provides us with:• Zone shunters into areas

• Automated delivery onto bay

• Driver Performance Management

• Distance Optimisation

• Release operator time for other tasks

• Improved gate processing

• Shipping Runs

• Team Development

• COLLABORATION !

Yard Smart – The Benefits

More Benefits Burton

• User access levels

• C3 Support / Availability

• Year 1 problematic

• Complicated infrastructure

• Overall development costs – User Group

• Internal cultural / process changes

Initial Concerns

• Burton Warehouse

• Our requirement – timescales

• Project team

• What we did

• C3 Support

• End result

Burton – What we Did

Where do we go from here ?

• YMS – TMS Integration

• Gatehouse

• Container Module

• Web based supplier reservations

• Opportunities to work together

Future Vision

Any Questions ?