success in furniture retail

A Different Approach for Your Supply Chain
SUCCESS IN FURNITURE
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About Boytaş
Boytaş Furniture Industry which was founded in
1996, is a subsidiary of Boydak Holding that is one
of the largest groups in Turkey. Boytaş
manufactures panel furniture and kitchens for its
İstikbal, Bellona, Mondi brands. Boytaş runs its
production and logistics operations in a total of
234,000 m2 closed and 379,000 m2 open area.
Boytaş has 5 factories with logistics facilities inside
each and Boytaş runs its operations with a total of
4,000 employees and sales operations with a total
of 2,000 branches and affiliates. Boytaş was ranked
98th within the largest 500 companies of Turkey
based on the 2013 figures as it has been within
largest 100 companies for the last 3 years.
In Boytas companies have been using a lot of
methodologies like lean six sigma and KAIZEN for
improving and developing processes. Boytaş gives
priority to R&D studies to develop innovation
activities. Boytaş is the first company which got
Turkey Design Award given by the Turkish Patent
Institute. EFQM Excellent Model is based as a
management model. In this context, Boytaş had
National Quality Award in 2012 given by Turkey
Quality Association (KAL-DER).
Boytaş adjacent to the headquarters building
redesigned and reopened in 2009, a new logistics
warehouse for both raw materials and products.
Operation
Boytaş is running its operations in 5 different
logistics centers in Kayseri, Turkey. There are 250
employees running logistics operations in these
logistics centers. Boytaş selected LO Warehouse
Management System for the management of its
logistics operations in 2014. Today, Boytaş is
shipping 24,000 items per day at a maximum level
and 7,000 items per day at an average level. Boytaş
is stocking 60,000 pallets in its warehouses at an
average level.
Project Highlights
• Serial no tracking of all products (furniture)
• Serial no scanning during receipt and shipment
• The designed logistics process supports a
structure where items form a unit and units form a
set of furniture
• Orders are entered for units or/and sets of
furniture
• Allocation is done against units and/or sets of
furniture
• In case a unit or set can’t be completed during
allocation, the other items are not allocated either
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• Shipment can be preplanned based on volume
and shipment can be allocated. The system
automatically detects and sorts all open orders of
the shipment customer and it can allocate for the
total of required volume and create task lists. The
users pick, load and ship these task lists.
• The system allows unit/sets during loading. In
case there are items that can’t be unitized,
shipment is not allowed for departure
• Within the production warehouse, the
production orders flow into the system before
items are produced and as these items are received
from production, the production orders are closed.
• A pallet of items can be picked from its stock
location and the items in the pallet are sorted into
customer shipment locations
• There is narrow-aisle operation in the
warehouses. The system lets the reachtruck
operator know which pallets will be brought down
from stock locations and which pallets will be
replenished to which locations through a custom
screen
• There is flow-through operation in the
warehouses. The items that are received from
production can be directly reserved for orders and
shipped without putaway into stock.
• The integration between LO WMS and Boytaş
SAP includes 10 gateways and runs on SAP's iDoc
files.
- Master data, parties, BOMs (bill of material) flow
into LO from SAP
- The serial numbers are pre-imported from SAP;
in case there is mismatch with serial numbers
during receipt, the system gives error
- Expected receipts flow from SAP
- Receipt confirmation is sent back to SAP after
receipts are completed
- Customer orders flow from SAP
- After picking is completed, shipment and serial
number confirmation is sent back to SAP
- There is a separate service for cancellations
- Returns flow through integration
About LA Software Group
LA, that was founded in 2004, is serving the global players with a strong team of consultants with global
implementation experience. Realizing the gaps of ERP solutions in supply chain management, LA has defined
a new vision targeting supply chain management.
LA is implementing SCM solutions in Turkey, Eastern Europe, South Africa and Middle East region and taking
its knowhow and experience to the global market. LA, through its international partner network, is providing
business applications globally. LA is strengthening its position with global projects and strong partner network
in the market. In Turkey, LA became the leader supply chain management solution provider with its successful
projects and strong business partnerships.
LA has a wide industrial solution portfolio for Supply Chain Management such as warehouse management,
transportation management, e-logistics management, home delivery management, milk-run management,
FTL and LTL transportation management, LLP management, route planning, multi-level route planning and
supply chain planning.
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