We managed to finish on-time and meet target delivery date. I loved it when I saw the end product on the shelf.
Now we’re using one of our preferred transport suppliers it’s cutting down on a lot of frustration for the Sales guys. It was pretty cool seeing that one decision get recognised by the sales team and up to the Managing Director as well.
I was suddenly part of the project team and then we had the storms that delayed the arrival of the stock and we had to re-work them. It took about 3 weeks to re-work about 20,000 packs.
You’re thrust into it straight away.
We sourced the product from China and it came in as is, we re-packed it here so we had to make some changes and work with finance to improve the numbers.
You come in to work and a train’s de-railed in WA and every FMCG company is looking for a trucking company.
So it was about going on the factory floor, getting the operators to help us analyse each step, then actually physically change equipment so we can produce the product more efficiently.
The customer had no idea how they were going to forecast the ingredients so we had to work with them to make sure we didn’t get out-of-date issues and that they always had enough stock.
We managed to get our supplier to reduce their run rates so that it was back to acceptable levels and we were not seeing wastage any more in our plan.
I found that we weren’t utilising pallets the best way we could so we were basically sending out 1/3 more pallets than we needed to. That’s a great opportunity to reduce wastage.
In my position it’s not my role to discuss costs, so I brought in the procurement guys to help me talk about the costing arrangement with our supplier.
The business is always the business, the contribution of my role is what makes it really interesting.
We managed to finish on-time and meet target delivery date. I loved it when I saw the end product on the shelf.
Now we’re using one of our preferred transport suppliers it’s cutting down on a lot of frustration for the Sales guys. It was pretty cool seeing that one decision get recognised by the sales team and up to the Managing Director as well.
I was suddenly part of the project team and then we had the storms that delayed the arrival of the stock and we had to re-work them. It took about 3 weeks to re-work about 20,000 packs.
You’re thrust into it straight away.
We sourced the product from China and it came in as is, we re-packed it here so we had to make some changes and work with finance to improve the numbers.
You come in to work and a train’s de-railed in WA and every FMCG company is looking for a trucking company.
So it was about going on the factory floor, getting the operators to help us analyse each step, then actually physically change equipment so we can produce the product more efficiently.
The customer had no idea how they were going to forecast the ingredients so we had to work with them to make sure we didn’t get out-of-date issues and that they always had enough stock.
We managed to get our supplier to reduce their run rates so that it was back to acceptable levels and we were not seeing wastage any more in our plan.
I found that we weren’t utilising pallets the best way we could so we were basically sending out 1/3 more pallets than we needed to. That’s a great opportunity to reduce wastage.
In my position it’s not my role to discuss costs, so I brought in the procurement guys to help me talk about the costing arrangement with our supplier.
The business is always the business, the contribution of my role is what makes it really interesting.
Follow two young supply chain professionals as they
describe their roles in the hot seat of FMCG supply chain
I have actually made a difference in the products much better, it’s more consistent, we’re able to produce things a lot more efficiently
I have actually made a difference in the products much better, it’s more consistent, we’re able to produce things a lot more efficiently
Experience a career in a fast-moving environment as you tackle business-wide
problems and work with colleagues locally and globally.
The cog turning the wheels of a business
To run to its full potential everyday
And give you the satisfaction of delivering tangible results