The Challenge

Unipart was approached by a large global drinks manufacturer seeking a deep dive review of its end-to-end service offering to the European market to determine the optimal supply chain operating model, including network configuration and to inform a future request for quotation for outsourcing.

The customer organisation was passing through a period of substantial change, in which projected volumes were to uplift from 578,000 parts movements per annum to c.1.2 million, and the SKU range increased by more than double. This was against a backdrop of intensifying customer expectations of shorter order lead times, later cut-offs, and a more sustainable service, whilst critically reducing cost and improving margin.

Unipart offers customers a broad range of supply chain services in multiple sectors. Our capability in diagnosing the current state supply chain operating model, to overlay best practices and design the future state is a core service and one with which we have extensive experience.