"Santens service" automated processes of management of a warehouse with Manhattan SCALE2013 help

2013

On October 4, 2013 CORUS Consulting Group started execution of works in the project of automation of a warehouse complex of the logistic group "Santens Service" using the Manhattan SCALE 2013 platform.

Project Tasks

Within a pilot project of automation of a new warehouse complex it is necessary to develop detailed requirements to a system taking into account the subsequent implementations, to provide system implementation, user training and WMS administrators. Further replication of a system is possible without involvement of IT integrator.

Project parts

Feature of the implemented project - other warehouses of logistic group "Santens Service" by the beginning of the project work under control of WMS. Taking into account the available operating experience of solutions of this class, among requirements to new WMS- characteristics are stated to a system: simplicity and flexibility of setup, possibility of independent deployment, configuration and support. As a result, the management "Santens Service" stopped the choice on WMS Manhattan SCALE 2013.

"Existence of the reliable and flexible professional IT tool allowing to render logistics services of the highest quality is essentially important for dynamically developing pharmaceutical logistic provider. Therefore the WMS level is of particular importance: functional and technology. Considering the available experience of automation of a warehouse, we can formulate surely increased requirements both to IT solution, and to integrator. The choice was stopped on the solution Manhattan SCALE 2013, as the partner in implementation CORUS Consulting Group, the exclusive partner of Manhattan Associates in Russia will act" - Dmitry Andrianov, the head of the logistics department, the logistic group "Santens Service" noted.

2015

May 15, 2015. CORUS Consulting Group announced project completion on automation of warehouse complexes of the logistic group "Santens Service" based on Manhattan SCALE 2013.

The implementation project of WMS Manhattan SCALE in logistic company "Santens Service" started in September, 2013. At the time of the beginning of the project warehouses of the company already worked under control of a warehouse management system. The task of CORUS Consulting Group came down to replacement of earlier existing WMS system by Manhattan SCALE without stopping of a warehouse and minimum risks for operating activities of the company. Thanks to strict compliance of an implementation methodology and observance of the project plan, replacement of WMS happened to the minimum changes of processes that simplified adaptation of users to work with a new system.

Implementation of Manhattan SCALE created new opportunities for business development of the 3pl-operator: effective management of trade inventories of clients within one warehouse complex, increase in accuracy of accounting and with a possibility of a tight restriction of a framework of system logic and custom actions. Besides, the solution showed high rates of performance and fault tolerance that served as an incentive for emergence and implementation of the new business ideas within warehouse logistics. During the project training of staff of Santens Service in the principles of work and the WMS Manahattan SCALE setup was made. The flexibility of the parametriruyemy solution and existence of own command of support of Manhattan SCALE will allow Santens Service company to reduce significantly total cost of ownership a system in the future.

Vasily Balakin, the Head of Department Logistics of CORUS Consulting Group, comments: "Santens Service" is the leader in the field of pharmaceutical logistics, and it directly affects decision making process in the company - it is the weighed approach with assessment not only risks, but calculation of economic performance indicators. Thanks to harmonious work of project teams, we managed to reach assigned tasks fully: during transition to new WMS, a warehouse of the company it was not stopped for a minute. Are saved existing practice of work, key business processes are optimized, the big functional and technology backlog for further business development is created".

"The pharmaceutical sector has the high level of the state control and high quality requirements softwares and the provided services. The project team of CORUS Consulting Group provided accurate following of an implementation methodology and the project implementation plan that as a result allowed to facilitate significantly process of approval and validation to the GMP/GDP standard. It was promoted also by compliance of technical characteristics of the Manhattan SCALE platform to requirements of the procedure - for example, regarding closeness of basic logic of the solution", - Dmitry Andrianov, the head of the logistics department, Santens Service company notes.