As per our core belief in doing “whatever it takes,” BIS Consulting SC Inc. has completed the following projects 100% successfully. References are available for each project.
Worked with Sr. Management to define and incorporate into an executable plan the Overall vision, milestones and success criteria expectations.
Created detailed plans, requirements and procedures regarding deployment, code promotions and version control of Manh WMS
Built Manhattan WM lower environments, Gold configuration, and Production. Wrote scripts to compare and validate environments and WM release versions.
Managed code deliveries from Manhattan, smoke testing, and associate code promotions within environment ecosystem.
Heavily involved in the creation and execution of a two team multi-warehouse implementation plan to deploy systems to meet timelines. Each team conducted modeling, data setup, any necessary DC re-configuration activities, testing / validation, systems and BP training, implementation, and support.
In parallel EDI and Web Visibility systems were managed to enhance the supply chain.
Conducted with DC management all micro plans for business process flows, system and business training (employee, supervisor as well as superuser) and post implementation business operational support.
In preparation for a Manhattan WM implementation, BIS analyzed Legacy WMS end-to-end processes within the four walls of the DC and information gathering sessions with DC management.
Develop and build configuration / DC processes and prepare test environments for QA testing based on client GOLD environment which holds standard configuration.
Resolve configuration defects found in QA, if any, and re-test.
Identify DC data setup issues and work with DC to solve.
Perform practice runs of master data conversion and support End User Acceptance Testing.
Train go live support resources on DC configuration and processes.
Provided and delivered a new WMS support department in preparation for a Manhattan WMS roll out and effectively supported 24 distribution centers across Canada (24×7).
Supported the Project teams, and other IT teams during and post Manhattan go-lives.
Responsible for determining incident root cause analysis. Build, own and execute to successful completion a plan to prevent future occurrences.
Built/modified standard operating procedures and trained the DC Operations teams how to effectively manage the warehouse using the new Manhattan WMS.
Manage the relationship between multiple project and support organizations within IT/Supply Chain to always ensure successful project delivery and DC support.
Full-service, value-added, program, and project management group that covers program and project audit, rescue, execution, and optimization. We provide fantastic PMs that are adept at providing a helping hand leading and directing your team, be it as a helping hand or at running a project in its entirety.
Our program and project managers have diverse backgrounds in IT and Business and are multi-disciplinary domain experts in the following areas:
Executed the solution design, build, implementation, and support of an Eastern Canada consolidated GM and Apparel facility (green-field), on MARC WMS. The scope also included integrating a Western de-stuffing facility, Western store facing facility, flow-through operations, cross dock operations, and 3PL picking systems with MARC WMS.
Most recently, BIS has executed the equivalent Manh WM design, build, and implementation for a Canada-wide Apparel and GM operation, including moving de-stuffing and inter-branch processes in to Manhattan WMS.
Designed SAP-ESB-Manhattan WM integration of Master data and Transactional data flows for all Distribution operations at a tier 1 national Canadian retailer. This large integration project included design, interface mappings, test plans, testing execution, and implementation.
Designed Apparel flow-through integration between Oracle ORMS/ORA planning system, SAP, TMS, and Manhattan WM.
Designed special “BlackBox Adapter” integration layer to allow mechanized WMS system (in a special mechanized DC for General Merchandise) to integrate to SAP, as a Manhattan WM DC. Also designed WMS solution to decouple mechanized repack picking operations, for “pick ahead” requirements, and then subsequent consolidation with conventional pick.
Executed the solution design, build, implementation, and support of an Eastern Canada consolidated GM and Apparel facility (green-field), on MARC WMS. The scope also included integrating a Western de-stuffing facility, Western store facing facility, flow-through operations, cross dock operations, and 3PL picking systems with MARC WMS.
Designed Manhattan WMS flow-through logic to deal with dual mechanized and human put-to-store flow-through logic, allowing sortation based on program week launch and category grouping.
Manage, schedule, and conduct Manhattan LM DC Pre-Audits including CAD, LM, PM and SOP validations and clean up. Also, study floor operations and make System Functional and/or Process recommendations for productivity improvement.
Manage, schedule and conduct the Interleave MARC WMS functionality implementations from DC to DC including data set up, training and optimization “fine tuning”.
Designed, built and deployed a Manhattan LM vehicle travel graphical interface. Software was named Map Builder.
Played a major role in the design of a customer’s real-time discrete MARC Labour Management System, currently deployed and running most of the company’s DC operations.
Designed WM – Host Systems integration, including Purchasing, Order Management, TMS, Billing, and centralized perpetual inventory tracking within manufacturing planning system.
WM detailed mapping designs across master data and transactional data interfaces (Store Master, Vendor Master, Item/Item Xref, Pickticket, PO, PIX Receipt, PIX IA, PIX inventory balance).
Designed (along with Customer), built, and deployed various WMS workflow optimizations related to work-queue prioritization, advanced interleaving, congestion control, pallet pick (stacking) optimization, hot-loading, etc.
BIS played the lead integrator role in implementing the first ever robotic pick and pack solution for variable sized product, picking to specific and varying store orders. Mechanization included print-and-apply, tare pre-weight, multi-sku robotic cell pick-line with mechanized pick-and-pass, mechanized replenishment feed to robot head, in-line weight tolerance check, and auto-taper.
Designed (use cases, detailed mappings (XML, flat-file, etc.), interface flows, error handling, etc.), developed, and implemented Enterprise Service Bus, SOA, and web services solution, integrating all company systems, including WMS, TMS, Billing, Financials, Enterprise System, SCV, and EDI.
Designed advanced product flow strategies to improve productivity, along with functional and technical specifications for WMS software development. Advanced designs included extensions to LMS for receiving and loading, bulk storage management, putaway around forward pick optimization, paper pick for awkward and very small DCs, VNA logic, pallet build optimization (heavy, light, crushable), top-pick functionality, cross-dock consolidation, flow-through reverse pick, QC programs, and many other optimizations.
Designed load balancing systems for mechanized picking. And assisted in cubing algorithms that best deciding how product should be oriented into containers, based on shape, stability, etc.
Designed and implemented complete supply chain visibility system, business intelligence, and portal system, to provide network-wide visibility for track-and-trace, real-time status, on-time departure metrics, inventory quality metrics, DC productivity metrics at region level, DC level, and employee level, by pick-type, DC capacity monitoring, DC slotting optimization.
Designed advanced product flow strategies to improve productivity, along with functional and technical specifications for WMS software development. Advanced designs included extensions to LMS for receiving and loading, bulk storage management, putaway around forward pick optimization, paper pick for awkward and very small DCs, VNA logic, pallet build optimization (heavy, light, crushable), top-pick functionality, cross-dock consolidation, flow-through reverse pick, QC programs, and many other optimizations.
Designed and implemented a flow method matrix with associated systems and business processes, to flow product from vendors to stores in the most efficient way for that sku, commodity type, vendor, sku importance, service level, etc. Created mathematical model to flow product in the right factory pack and inner pack quantity.
Analyzed order patterns by commodity type and implemented procurement procedures (product profiling methods) to locate products at the “correct” distribution center. Reduced shipment splits from 37 per hundred to 16 per hundred.
Implemented improved order sourcing methods and shorts reprocessing methods, to reduce carrier costs (optimization of zip zone / service level / carrier cost).
Implemented improved replenishment procedures with Procurement group. Main thrust was increased inventory flow visibility via implementation of real-time supply-chain visibility solutions.
Heavily involved in the creation and execution of a 4 team multi-warehouse implementation plan to deploy systems to meet very aggressive timelines. Each team conducted modeling, data setup, any necessary DC re-configuration activities, testing / validation, systems and BP training, implementation, and support. MARC WMS was rolled out to 17 medium and large sized distribution centers in under 2 years.
Heavily involved in the original re-tooling of most of the IT supply chain systems during Y2K transition, including WMS, TMS, Procurement, Order Management, Inventory, etc.
Solutioned and deployed a brand new apparel PLM tool within an established business
Business benefits included a single KPI dashboard for all aspects of the apparel business including manufacturing and vendor scorecards allowing for IMU (initial markup) improvement across the business
The project delivered top-line sales improvement for the business
Implemented an automated solution tying the employee discount program to a customer loyalty program thereby eliminating the need for an employee discount card
This project eliminated ~90,000 custom cards and the associated replacement and management of those cards
Integrated the HR system into workflow for automated provisioning, thereby eliminating the manual maintenance of each employee in the program
Delivered a project to integrate cosmetic dermatology services into existing retail locations. This represented a new revenue stream for an established business
Delivery of software integration, site setup, rollout and stabilization
Executed a project to integrate 40 independent pharmacies into an existing pharmacy business thereby expanding the service coverage and customer foot print
Delivery included integration of POS and RX systems, data conversion, infrastructure normalization, and process standardization
Designed and deployed multi-lingual retail signage solution for 1400 stores
The solution delivered customer-facing signs and labels that were used to promote various marketing strategies including pricing promotions and customer loyalty
