An informed decision
The DC in Oss, which was opened in 2008, is the last of the nine DC’s in which the Warehouse Management System (WMS) from Consafe Logistics has been put into operation. "The decision to purchase a new WMS was made in 2006. Up to then, we had, in fact, still been working with order pick lists on paper, with all the associated disadvantages. There was a strong need to improve logistics processes, i.e., accelerating the order pick process and reducing the number of order pick errors", explains Bakhuizen.
The fact that the breweries of HEINEKEN Nederland have been running with the Consafe Logistics WMS since 2002 certainly played a role in HEINEKEN Wholesale opting for this system. "They had good experiences with Consafe Logistics, but we didn’t make this decision lightly. We ran through a thorough selection process, and looked at several systems. Consafe again emerged as the best option, after which the system was rolled out in all the DC’s over a period of two years", says Bakhuizen