| Deutsch |
Change language to: 
 |
13.10.09 - Migros uses Axxom solution for intralogistics and staff planning// Home / Press & News / Press releases & News / 13.10.09 - Migros uses Axxom solution for intralogistics and staff planning /
Integrated intralogistics and staff planningMigros-Verteilbetrieb Neuendorf AG implements software package of Axxom with AIX-based database in its non-food logistics center in NeuendorfMunich, 13th October 2009 – Migros-Group, biggest Swiss retail business, optimizes its staff planning and intralogistics processes in its distribution center Neuendorf with the solution ORion-PI® of Axxom Software AG. Therefore, from spring 2010 Migros-Verteilbetrieb Neuendorf AG (MVN AG) will use several modules of the software in its non-food warehouse which allow an integrated staff, warehouse and space planning as well as material flow simulations. With the new solution, MVN AG wants to significantly increase transparency and efficiency at the logistics site. A total of 47,000 SKUs are stored in the non-food logistics center of MVN AG at Neuendorf, ranging from sporting goods and electronic devices to cosmetics and many more. 5,000 to 8,000 pallets with an average of 350,000 to 550,000 articles are sent out to the stores of the Migros-Group per day. More than 700 employees ensure a smooth processing. To further optimize processes in the logistics center, Axxom’s software ORion-PI® will be used for staff planning & scheduling, warehouse and space management and material flow simulations. Basis for all applications is a scale model of the warehouse layout considering logistics processes from the receiving office to the shipping department. This model obtains time components for planning, simulation and optimization of processes – for example for routes or order picking. Relying on this precise model, MVN AG is able to simulate the material flow and to define upcoming workload in different working areas using the order data of the warehouse management system. By analysis, simulations and animations possible bottlenecks in the logistics processes can be predicted and counteractions can be evaluated. Analysis and simulations of the material flow are also the basis for staff planning. Here, for operative use ORion-PI® allows to exactly calculate the required number of employees in the different warehouse departments in the course of day based on the workload allocation. By matching these personnel requirements with the available workforce ORion-PI® identifies excess or shortage of staff and generates proposals for efficient rescheduling. In addition, the solution supports MVN AG in annual planning and in developing the operation schedule with the help of prognoses based on data of the previous year. The goal is to significantly increase productivity in operative and long-term staff planning. In warehouse and space management, the new software enables MVN AG to conduct strategic layout simulations and optimizations, tactical and operative warehouse space planning as well as optimized storing of new products. Thus different picking or replenishment strategies and warehouse assignments can be evaluated and compared by using analysis based on current or past data. At the Swiss company, ORion-PI® will access a data base that runs on the UNIX operating system AIX – the connected clients use Windows operating systems. “With the implementation of ORion-PI® using an AIX based database the solutions optimally fits in our existing IT infrastructure”, says Georg Zwald, director information technology & organisation and member of the board of MVN AG. “With ORion-PI® we are able to optimize our internal logistics processes and at the same time to maintain a high-performance, homogeneous IT infrastructure with low administration efforts.” Company Profile Migros-Verteilbetrieb Neuendorf AG Migros-Verteilbetrieb Neuendorf AG (MVN AG) was founded in 1974 and is the national logistics center of Migros for non-food, near-food and deep-frozen products. The logistics business Non Food Neuendorf, Deep-Frozen Warehouse Neuendorf and Textile Logistics Volketswil are the three organisational units of Migros-Verteilbetrieb Neuendorf AG. Today about 1.200 employees work for the Migros community. |
AXXOM SOFTWARE AG
Jens Verstaen Paul-Gerhardt-Allee 46 Phone: +49(0)89/56823-321 Fax: +49(0)89/56823-399 E-Mail: jens.verstaen@axxom.com |