Galamart network launched darkstore on Manhattan platform

2022: Provision of Korus Cloud platform for WMS operation. Provision of IT infrastructure technical support

Digital business transformations required modernization IT infrastructures networks "Galamart" at various levels: servers and, DSS the core of the corporate network switchboards and access, server,. ON software virtualizations Moreover, the main modernization in terms of infrastructure fell on the period when leading foreign vendors left. Russian market

KORUS Consulting specialists organized comprehensive supplies of storage equipment, server and network equipment (Cisco, Extreme), Microsoft software, VMware, Veeam under conditions of parallel import.

The company also provided the KORUS Cloud cloud platform using the PaaS model for WMS Manhattan SCALE. As a result, the customer has the ability to flexibly increase capacity during peak loads. Cloud resources also helped to seamlessly migrate IT infrastructure as the warehouse moved from one geographic location to another.

In addition, since September 2020, KORUS Consulting has been providing third-line technical support services - serving the IT infrastructure of four Galamart warehouses located in St. Petersburg, Moscow Region, Novosibirsk and Vladivostok. A monitoring system has been deployed, including about 40 servers. Technical support ensures stable operation of the infrastructure unit: from the operating level of the site system and control machines to the application software.

Since December 2022, KORUS Consulting has been providing a second line of technical support around the clock at the Bely Rast RC warehouse. Specialists provide configuration of connection to a wired network and Wi-Fi, maintenance of user computers, printers, including industrial models, terminals that read barcodes of warehouse products. [1]Learn more here.

2021

Launch of the first darkstore in Zelenograd

On October 25, 2021, Korus Consulting Group announced that it had helped Galamart launch the first darkstore of the network. A store of this format in Zelenograd was opened in just 4 months, all processes in it are automated on the basis of WMS Manhattan. The network plans to replicate the solution to Moscow and other million-plus cities, connecting new darkstores to the system in just 1-3 days.

Since 2020, the Galamart chain, one of the representatives of non-grocery retail, has been developing a new sales channel - its own e-commerce platform BY - Ve Yourself, an online store with essential goods. To speed up their delivery to consumers, the company decided to open darkstores. "Dark stores" are close to customers and allow you to collect and deliver orders many times faster than when picking in a regular supermarket or distribution center.

To implement the project, the company turned to KORUS Consulting Group of Companies, which has expertise in the field of creating objects of this format within the framework of Russian and international projects. This is not the first cooperation of companies: earlier, IT company specialists automated the work of Galamart distribution centers based on WMS Manhattan, creating a reference solution for the Tomilino facility - as of October 2021, it is replicated to all network warehouses in Russia: from Vladivostok to St. Petersburg.

The joint team of KORUS Consulting and Galamart developed and described the target business model of the e-commerce platform and darksters, which ensures the fastest delivery of goods from warehouse to consumer. As a result, the concept of the project was created - the creation of a network of micro-darksters (up to 500 ^m2), containing up to 3 thousand hit items of the assortment. The selected model allows the network to ship from one object up to 15 thousand orders per day with delivery to the end customer in 2 hours. With growth, this time is planned to be halved.

To build a single supply chain and manage stocks and replenishment more efficiently, WMS Manhattan, already used by the company for RC, was chosen as the solution. This allowed to reduce the total cost of ownership of the system both through the use of a single license pool and through the maintenance price: the internal competence center Galamart created as part of the project independently supports and develops the Manhattan logistics platform at all network facilities. The reference solution implemented in the system allows you to centrally make changes for both RC and Darksters.

One of Galamart's critical requirements for the project is compliance with the ambitious delivery time. To do this, KORUS Consulting introduced multipicking - simultaneous assembly of several orders by employees. Tasks are automatically ranked by time and transmitted to the collector in such a way that in one pass he can collect several baskets at once. Thus, the maximum number of orders that are immediately packed and sent for delivery is concentrated in the expedition zone.

Experts have fully prepared a solution for connecting new darksters: WMS Manhattan settings are easy to replicate and transfer between installations. There is no need to redefine rules, roles and accesses - all this can be unloaded from an already installed system and applied to new objects. This accelerates further roll-out to 1-3 days.

For October 2021, the first darkstore of the network operates in test mode: Galamart optimizes the existing functionality of the system, preparing for roll outs. The project will allow the network to increase sales through an online channel and take a confident position in million-plus cities.

One of the critical characteristics of any industry is the speed: delivery of goods to consumers, the introduction of new solutions and changes. This increases business flexibility and enables you to respond effectively to market challenges. This is how it is possible to constantly develop and implement more and more new services that can become a competitive quality of the company. We are glad to support our clients in their fundamental transformation, capable of providing high positions in the market, - said Andrey Chmyrev, Head of Logistics Department of KORUS Consulting Group.

Our company is going through a transformation path. We understood how large this task is: to revise logistics flows, systematically transfer all our warehouses to this software and change again in order to become closer to our customers. All the more critical for us was to find not just an integrator who can implement tasks, but a real partner of changes, who understands the specifics of such transformations and thinks not within the framework of one project, but strategically. We are glad that our transformation was supported by CORUS Consulting. We are confident that all changes will help us become better for our clients and increase business efficiency, - said Pavel Kazanovsky, Logistics Director of Galamart.

30% increase in warehouse capacity

On June 15, 2021, Korus Consulting announced that it had helped the Galamart retail chain increase warehouse capacity by 30% using WMS Manhattan SCALE. For June 2021, the decision is replicated to all warehouses of the company. This will allow the network to centralize the management of distribution centers, launch online retail sales throughout Russia and reduce the opening time of facilities to one month.

The company has long planned to unify the work of warehouses and RCs - this would speed up the opening of sites and centrally prepare them for work not only with distributors and wholesalers, but also with online retail orders. To implement the project, the network turned to KORUS Consulting Group of Companies.

A warehouse in Tomilino with an area of ​ ​ 36 thousand m2 was chosen as a pilot object. KORUS Consulting specialists described and automated the main logistics processes: acceptance, replenishment and placement, picking, shipment and inventory. Thanks to detailed design, it took only 5 months to implement at the design stage of the system.

As a result of the project, the throughput capacity of the warehouse in Tomilino increased by 30% - as of June 2021, it is 35 thousand document lines per day. The solution also helped to establish rapid processing of online retail orders. Now employees do not spend time finding goods, thinking over the best option for picking and packaging - the system forms and issues a ready-made assembly task for each order.

WMS supports the Fair Sign product marking and monitoring system. Mark checking takes place all the way from receipt to shipment, including support for inventory. This allows you to quickly transfer data to the state registration system without errors and duplication of information.

Experts "KORUS Consulting" helped us to work out warehouse processes up to the smallest detail - they thought out how and where to place pallets, what is needed to quickly assemble orders, where and how to store collected boxes and the like. Such detailed preparation made it possible to create a solution that we quickly and without additional changes transfer to other distribution centers, saving time and reducing costs, which is especially important given the grandiose plans for the development of the network, - comments Pavel Kazanovsky, Logistics Director of Galamart.

In 2021-2022, Galamart plans to open distribution centers in China, where a solution based on WMS Manhattan SCALE will also be used. The international system supports work in several languages ​ ​ and has proven its effectiveness in the warehouses of companies around the world.