Warehouse Count Managed by Third Party
A perfume and cosmetics chain, third largest in Europe with over 1,000 stores across 11 markets, including France, Austria, Switzerland and Spain, required the support of RGIS. Offering 10,000 different product lines in beauty, perfume and accessories.
REQUIREMENT
The perfume and cosmetics chain wanted to have a warehouse stock count of a warehouse managed by a third party to check accuracy levels, so required RGIS to provide the following:
- Full stock count of central warehouse managed by a third party
- Variances to be fully checked
- Pallets on all levels to be counted including floor and upper levels
- Also include single picked items in the stock count
- To be fully completed with variances checked in two days
SOLUTION
The perfume and cosmetics chain partnered with RGIS to complete the warehouse count managed by a third party project, and provided the following:
- Scheduled an experienced team of 19 RGIS auditors to complete full count on one day
- Scheduled an additional team of five RGIS auditors to check variances on day two
- Counted all units at all levels
- Used lifting platforms to count high pallets
RESULTS
The perfume and cosmetics chain found that by outsourcing the warehouse count managed by a third party project to RGIS, the following was achieved:
- Counted a total of 295,296 units
- Over 98% accuracy was achieved by the RGIS team
- Completed full warehouse count with variances within the time frame given