Nexion Tiles
Project Overview
Nexion International, a leading tile manufacturer based in Morbi, Gujarat, is renowned for providing premium-grade tiles and maintaining a strong retail distribution network in India. To support the growing demand in the national market, Nexion has planned to expand its operations. This expansion includes both the adjacent warehouse and the in-plant warehouse and a well-coordinated and efficient workflow.
Business Challenges
- Establish a retail distribution centre to efficiently manage projected volumes for the next 3-5 years.
- Optimise the flow of man, material, and equipment, improving storage and retrieval processes, enhancing selectivity, and fostering scalable operations focusing on healthy working conditions.
- Streamline vehicle turnaround time (TAT) to minimise overtime during loading and unloading.
- Improve the efficiency of handling and storing non-saleable and slow-moving materials.
Our Solutions
- Master-planned the integration of the new warehouse with the existing structure, ensuring adherence to good warehousing practices.
- Identified the optimal SKU storage methods, focusing on efficient put-away and picking processes to achieve accurate, complete order picking with future scalability in mind.
- Optimised cube storage and enhanced selectivity by implementing a selective pallet racking system, allowing flexible SKU storage.
- Standardised storage by categorising pallets into three distinct types to accommodate 29 different dimensions of tiles.
- Developed custom pallet storage solutions to efficiently accommodate the various dimensions of tiles.
- Recommended using handheld terminals during picking to minimise errors and enhance process efficiency.
- Ensured seamless integration of physical processes with the Warehouse Management System (WMS).
Coign's Impact
- Achieved 100% selectivity of all SKUs.
- Improved storage capacity by 31%.
- Enhanced inventory transparency and visibility.
- Master-planned integration of the new warehouse with the existing structure, ensuring adherence to good warehousing practices.
- Ensured timely dispatch and delivery.
- Increased process transparency and visibility.
