Nashville Wire Group has been in the business of producing stocking carts for decades so we have a clear understanding of fit and function. But when the Display division was given the opportunity to develop a product for off-shore production, we immediately saw an opportunity to innovate our customers’ supply chain.
Client asked Nashville Display to provide a solution to facilitate the transport of products from their central depot to in-store shelves, while eliminating double and triple product handling in the process.
The existing process involved the manual placement of product at the DC into a store-bound truck. Once on the store's loading dock, the merchandise is manually offloaded and ultimately placed on a mobile stocking cart to transport to the sales floor. Once there, it is again touched to place on shelf for selling. Could we simplify this?
We immediately saw an opportunity to revolutionize our customers' supply chain and maximize transit space BEFORE product movement from DC or warehouse..
Working in collaboration with our client, we determined the most used product container dimensions. This defined the shelf area and spacing parameters we had to work with. We then calculated footprint based on maximizing floor space in 53' truck when a mobile stocking cart is fully loaded. And similarly, when empty carts are returned to depot, there was no wasted space on the truck floor.
By developing a footprint and format that was supply chain friendly, we did in fact reduce the total number of touchpoints and significantly reduced store level labor in unloading and restocking.
Let Nashville Display evaluate your current backroom efficiency and present you with a solution that delivers results.
