MSP Issue 32

NEWS
CSB Solution Improves Logistics
and Minimises Errors
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An IT solution from CSB-
System is enabling leading
fish processing company Norfisk
handle sales and logistics for
Germany, Austria, Switzerland and
the Czech Republic – some 40,000
pallets annually – from a single
operation in Wismar, Mecklenburg.
The system is providing full
traceability as well as ensuring
compliance with EU food
information regulations. It covers
the entire operation from goods and
stock receiving through packaging
and labelling to final shipping,
including invoice management and
evaluation, such as gross margin.
Other benefits include a reduction
in both buffer storage requirements
and error rates during picking.
Norfisk is a brand of Suempol,
one of Europe’s top ten salmon
smokeries, based in Bielsk Podlaski
in Eastern Poland. As part of the
company’s own IT system there,
all product details are recorded
and linked to a lot number, which
is subsequently visible on the
packaging as a barcode. This
enables full traceability of goods
throughout the production and
distribution process.
At the Wismar cold storage
warehouse, the use of scanners for
picking means that errors during
the customer-specific collection
of items are now virtually zero, as
are incidents of loading goods with
an incorrect sell-by date. Electronic
delivery notes indicate if anything
is missing.
The system also supports a
differentiated purchasing strategy,
with sales statistics provided for
items, periods and customers, and
optionally for a specific segment or
product range. This enables Norfisk
to carry out more accurate planning
and forecasting.
“In the past, we had a product
buffer of 30 to 40 percent,” explains
sales manager Günter Rees. “These
were the goods that we had to have
on stock. Now, we have reduced
the buffer to five percent. Thanks
to the CSB-System, 90 percent of
the products are just-in-time goods
that we produced no more than 24
hours ago.”
As a result, Norfisk can supply
product to food retailers on a daily
basis, with an order lead-time of
two days.
Via interface converters, Norfisk’s
IT system is also connected to the
IT systems of its retail customers.
This makes information such as
incoming orders, outgoing invoices,
delivery and goods received
notifications easily accessible, and
simplifies work flows. Delivery data
is supplied to the logistics company
the day before, and incoming goods
inspection at the customers is
also carried out electronically by
scanners.
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