Henkel’s Global Warehouse Network Runs on Blue Yonder
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Europe
Country
- Germany
Product
- Blue Yonder’s warehouse management solution
- Blue Yonder’s warehouse labor management solution
Tech Stack
- Cloud-based platform
- Web platform
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
- Customer Satisfaction
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Consumer Goods
Applicable Functions
- Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases
- Warehouse Automation
- Inventory Management
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Henkel is a German multinational company and a leader in both the consumer goods and industrial sectors. With revenues of more than 20 billion €, the company is organized into three global business units: Laundry & Home Care, Beauty Care and Adhesive Technologies. Henkel’s consumer brands include Schwarzkopf Professional, Persil, Dial and Purex. Around the world, Henkel operates hundreds of distribution facilities of all sizes. These facilities were relying on time-consuming, error-prone manual processes and a variety of outdated technology solutions.
The Challenge
Henkel, a German multinational company and a leader in both the consumer goods and industrial sectors, operates hundreds of distribution facilities of all sizes around the world. These facilities were relying on time-consuming, error-prone manual processes and a variety of outdated technology solutions. To improve customer service while driving down costs, Henkel needed to adopt best practices, advanced digital capabilities and process standardization across its worldwide network. The company was looking for a solution that could provide improved process speed, accuracy, and efficiency, higher service at a reasonable cost, and increased visibility and control.
The Solution
Henkel implemented Blue Yonder’s warehouse management and warehouse labor management solutions across its facilities in North America and Latin America, with plans to roll out in additional regions. The solutions are delivered on a simple, agile web platform enabled by the cloud, which supports the dynamic nature of the warehouse environment. The user-friendly, mobile nature of the software makes training easy and keeps implementation costs low. One of Henkel’s strategic priorities is identifying best practices and adopting them in every warehouse as process templates, supported by Blue Yonder capabilities. Blue Yonder has positioned Henkel to track, measure and continuously improve its warehouse operations, because it now has a means for process visibility, orchestration and control.
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