Variables Effecting Case Picking Costs Patrick Floyd

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Variables Effecting Case Picking
Costs Patrick Floyd Nordic Cold Storage Ed
Vaughan Americold Logistics Bob Scisson
Americold Logistics
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Project Overview

• Purpose
• To identify, measure and determine the different
  variables that effect the costs of case picking.
• Expectation
• Develop a model that can be used in the cold
  chain industry that helps the providers determine
  the total costs of the case picking process.

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Issues that Impact

• Product type, Paper versus Electronic, MHE Type,
  Travel Time, Case Weight, Case Configuration,
  Inventory Availability, Lot Integrity, Safety,
  Damage, Training, Errors, Special Identification
  on Pallets, Employee Tenure, Incentives versus No
  Incentives, Facility Capacity, FIFO, Freezer
  versus Refrigerated and Ambient, Order Changes,
  System Reliability, Supervision and Many Others

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Nordic Rockmart

• Address - 1802 Rome Hwy Rockmart, GA 30153
  770 684-0886
• 350,000 square feet with 100,000 currently under
  construction
• Points of Contact
• Gary Holt 404 379-8811
• Chris Austin 404 597-6981

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Americold Gateway

• Address - 6150 Xavier Dr SW Atlanta, GA
  30336
• 606,000 square feet
• Points of Contact
• Ed Vaughan 678-446-8069
• Bob Scisson 678-427-2847
• Jamesha Wright 404-731-9382
• Don Powell (GM) 404-344-5197

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Americold Lakewood

• Address - 3300 Lakewood Ave SW Atlanta, GA
  30310
• 181,000 square feet
• Points of Contact
• Ed Vaughan 678-446-8069
• Bob Scisson 678-427-2847
• Jamesha Wright 404-731-9382
• Tim Martin 404-755-3537

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Americold Southgate/Skygate

• Address - 1845 Westgate Pkwy Atlanta, GA
  30336
• 422,000 square feet
• Points of Contact
• Ed Vaughan 678-446-8069
• Bob Scisson 678-427-2847
• Jamesha Wright 404-731-9382
• Anthony Cubito (GM) 404-629-2430

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Americold Tradewater

• Address - 6500 Tradewater Pkwy Atlanta, GA
  30336
• 455,000 square feet
• Points of Contact
• Ed Vaughan 678-446-8069
• Bob Scisson 678-427-2847
• Jamesha Wright 404-731-9382
• Michael Loridas (GM) 404-460-4700

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Americold Westgate

• Address - 1740 Westgate Pkwy Atlanta, GA
  30336
• 335,000 square feet
• Points of Contact
• Ed Vaughan 678-446-8069
• Bob Scisson 678-427-2847
• Jamesha Wright 404-731-9382
• Eddie Stone (GM) 404-349-4704

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Next Steps

• Get You the Data
• Order History
• Item Master
• Warehousing Layout
• Historical Pick Rates
• Scheduling Visit Master Calendar of Events
• Contact Points
• Questions???

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Favorite War Stories

• Start Ups
• ConAgra Foods New WMS, National Roll Out
• DIAGEO 17MM in 6 Weeks, Teamsters
• Purdue Farms Over Engineering
• Scope Change Initial Assumptions in Writing
• Kraft Foods Weight Change, Secondary Packaging
• Value Added Services
• Customers want the next Nuclear Powered Fork
  Lift
• Multiple Product Offering
• Strategic Alliance Develop a personal
  relationship
• Its ALL about the local Leadership and the
  Human Resource Plan!!!!

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Thank You for Making an Industry Difference