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system alone will hold about 10,400 high volume fast-moving SKUs ,” says Andrea .
“ We ’ re working to move the unit picking work to the distribution centre . We ’ re actually looking at what they need at ward level and then building it back . So at the distribution centre , we pack it in a way that when it arrives at the imprest , ward level , the first thing they need to unpack is at the top . So that ' s been a massive project for us . We will be working carefully with our customers . I don ' t think our stakeholders fully understand what the supply chain will look like yet , but certainly , it will be far more effective and efficient while improving quality , speed and volume as well .”
“ It ’ s impressive to see it go from drawing to reality . I hope that the team enjoys it and understands that we tried to make it as positive for our team as possible . We did some surveys early on to decide on things like do we want bike racks in , or outdoor eating area , touchpoints like that . I want it to be a good place to work . The ribbon should be cut sometime at the beginning of September , and we should be operating from there from then on .”
As Andrea and her team look to get back on track with their digital transformation , Andrea hopes they hold onto the lessons they ’ ve learned along the way . “ I would really like to see us imbed a real culture of continuous improvement throughout our network . I think we were very brave and bold through COVID , and I would like us to maintain that kind of boldness that things can be done differently . We don ' t need to keep doing things the same way we did them before .” procurementmag . com 113