Tim Allinson, UK Logistics Director at Dixons Retail spoke at the SCL Event 2013

1. Developing a responsive and lean
supply chain in non-food
DRAFT
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Tim Allinson, UK Logistics Director

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What are you going to get out of today?
What’s in it
for me?
1. A case study of how to react when volumes change
2. An electrical retailers tactical and strategic approach to
increased volumes and change in Customer demand
3. Food for thought on how to look at the end to end supply
chain

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2009
700 stores
Online 6% of sales
Distribution Centres in Newark,
Northampton & Bristol
Customer repairs in Lincoln,
Mansfield & Nottingham
Online next day cut-off for Big
Box at 3pm
2013
500 Stores
Online 20% of sales
Distribution Centre in Newark
Customer repairs in Newark
Online next day cut-off for Big
Box at 10pm

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Newark Campus 102k m3 Bristol 10k m3
Peak 2012/2013 – The Plan
Volume spikes at 141,500m3
Actual volume exceeds capacity in
Sept 2012
Volumes drops below
capacity in April 2013

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Peak 2012/2013 – The Reality
Newark Campus 102k m3 Bristol 10k m3
Coventry 10k m3 External Storage 10k m3 Long Bennington 6k m3

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2013/2014 Volume – Home Delivery Big Box
Volume forecast to exceed
current capacity in Jul 2013
Breach of additional capacity
in Aug 2013
Volume forecast to exceed
115,000 in Dec 2013

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The Challenge - 40% increase in high cube volume
The Easy Solution – Buy or Rent a big shed

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Space
&
Land
Mezzanine
Small Products
handling
Stack
Heights
Containers
Project Venus

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Space
What have we got?
How can we best use it?
What do we actually need?
Product / Material Flow - End
to End supply chain
Suppliers / OEM
Constraints
Opportunities
Format / Flow
Holding / Storage
Capacity
Safety Stock
Movement
Replenishment / Volume
Frequency
Availability
Requirement
End to End Supply Chain Review

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End to End Supply Chain Review – Key Factors

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End to End Supply Chain Review - Methodology

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End to End Supply Chain Review - Outputs