SuperFrio Optimizes Its Cold Chain Logistics with Blue Yonder
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- America
Country
- Brazil
Product
- Blue Yonder’s warehouse management solution
Tech Stack
- Cloud-based SaaS
- Artificial Intelligence
- Machine Learning
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
- Customer Satisfaction
Technology Category
- Functional Applications - Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
Applicable Functions
- Warehouse & Inventory Management
Use Cases
- Warehouse Automation
- Inventory Management
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
SuperFrio is South America’s leader in refrigerated logistics. The company operates 22 distribution centers across Brazil and has five more under construction. SuperFrio's warehouse operations are complex, with 10,000 stored SKUs, 300,000 pallet positions, and 15,000 vehicles dispatched monthly across 22 distribution centers. The company has ambitious growth plans and aims to standardize processes and improve quality, accuracy, efficiency, and customer responsiveness.
The Challenge
SuperFrio, South America’s leader in refrigerated logistics, operates 22 distribution centers across Brazil and has five more under construction. To support its ambitious growth plans, the company decided to replace its legacy warehouse software and manual processes with a new level of speed and automation. The aim was to standardize processes and improve quality, accuracy, efficiency, and customer responsiveness. SuperFrio's warehouse operations are complex, with 10,000 stored SKUs, 300,000 pallet positions, and 15,000 vehicles dispatched monthly across 22 distribution centers.
The Solution
SuperFrio began implementing Blue Yonder’s warehouse management solution in select distribution centers in 2018. The solution is a comprehensive, highly scalable, real-time software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that comprehensively optimizes SuperFrio’s task management, labor productivity, and inventory movements. The warehouse management capabilities from Blue Yonder enable a digital environment and optimize every operations step to ensure accuracy, efficiency, compliance, and desired customer service levels. Blue Yonder supports faster time-to-value with implementation templates, simplified process changes, better onboarding, and quick implementations. SuperFrio’s business needs are continuously met, without the customizations that make software upgrades painful and costly.
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