Scotch Whisky Industry - Scotch Whisky Association

The Edrington Group: Case StudyThe Edrington Group distils, blends and bottlessome of the most famous Scotch Whisky brandsin the world, including premium single maltsThe Macallan and Highland Park, and leadingblends The Famous Grouse and Cutty Sark.The company’s Great Western Road headquartersand bottling plant, in the west end of Glasgow,handles over 85 million bottles of Scotch Whiskyevery year while the cased goods warehousehandles over 7 million cases per annum andservices over 100 overseas markets.The group’s skilled and experienced workforceoperates within the internationally recognisedquality, environmental and health and safetystandards ISO9001:2008, ISO14001 and BS:OHSAS18001. The company aims to deliverproducts to the highest manufacturing standards.This commitment takes account of various issuesassociated with the supply chain, especiallyenvironmental impacts.The company has embedded a number of recentinitiatives into its distribution strategy:In collaboration with its UK distributor,Maxxium, the company has implementeddirect deliveries from its whisky warehouseto the Regional Distribution Centres (RDCs)of major retailers. This not only reducesdefg1. EDRINGTON LOGOBlack and White Logo abc Font Size 481. Select Edrington Logo font2. Type ʻabcʼ.3. To change the size, highlight the logo and change the font size to suit.Colour Logo defg Font Size 481 Select Edrington Logo font2 Choose Format from the menu bar and select Font3 Choose Black in the Font color box and click OKlocal haulage to the4 Typedistributor’sʻdʼ (part of The EdringtonwarehouseGroup will appear)5 Change the Font color to Goldbut also handling, 6 storage Type ʻeʼ (the gold and logo will redistributionappear)7 Change the Font color to Dark Blue8 Type ʻfʼ (the dark blue background will appear)activities. The adoption 9 Change the of Font color night to Black time10 Type ʻgʼ (the Edrington logo is completed)deliveries during the seasonal peak (October-December) to Maxxium’s local RDC has helpedease road congestion during peak traffictimes.11 To change the size, highlight the logo and change the font size to suit.Where possible, the Scottish ports ofGreenock or Grangemouth are used to avoidunnecessary road miles to southern docks.Edrington has also switched from road to railwherever possible a recent example beingIntermodal movements to France, whichfurther reduces road miles.Edrington looks to maximise export shipmentswherever possible. A new computerisedweight-based check has been successfullyimplemented for all 40ft containers andtrailer traffic leaving the Great Western Roadsite. Whilst having obvious environmentalbenefits, the system also supports complianceby ensuring that freight loads are legal forboth the UK and country of destination.To encourage best-practice with downstreampartners, The Edrington Group requeststhat its logistics services providers have anenvironmental strategy that is at least in linewith the company’s and the Scotch WhiskyIndustry Environmental Strategy.11