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Mark Andy is an industry leader in the manufacturing and sale of flexographic label printing presses worldwide. The company designs award-winning label presses and provides all parts and supplies required to produce superior labels. Their labels are found on products you use daily, including retail and food packaging, as well as unique items like lottery tickets! Mark Andy offers over 10,000 products that are processed through its 100,000-square-foot distribution center that services the globe with support from six strategically located 3PL providers, and one facility in the UK. Through Mark Andy Print Products, they supply all their customers with parts
Mark Andy was experiencing growing pains and needed to rethink storage and picking methodologies in its facility. The company was unsure of whether to continue working in its existing facility or move to a new distribution center. In addition, they needed to implement any and all changes without interrupting operations. The company also wanted to provide their customers with next day service, which meant they needed assistance with soliciting, selecting, and on-boarding a new 3PL.
Halfway through the engagement, the scope of the project changed to bring in product for three new businesses. The team had to redesign and reshuffle the layout, all while continuing to ship without interruption. This new complexity didn’t deter Alpine, they knew what needed to be done. To maintain existing operations while tearing down and rebuilding their entire operation, Mark Andy leaned on Alpine to provide move support. This enabled Mark Andy to focus on maintaining excellent customer service while Alpine concentrated on delivering product availability.
With help from Alpine for Storage Type Analysis, Slotting, and Move Support, Mark Andy was able to ship to existing customers uninterrupted while the facility changed in front of them. The Storage Type Analysis right-sized the forward pick locations allowing for the absorption of additional SKUs from the newly acquired businesses. Slotting allowed for the right product storage in storage racks, individual bin locations, and in-bulk pallet storage areas, maximizing picking productivity. Every new product had a home and picking and replenishment productivity increased overall.
