Improving the Full Cost of Providing Cosmetics Products

Presentation

Our client, a world leader in the cosmetics industry, wants to improve the full cost of making its products available in Latin America. KEPLER offers to set up a Based Costing activity to improve warehouse storage and modeling operations.

Context

A regional network design for the Latin & Central America zone which has been in place for two years
Increasing Supply Chain costs generated by this new organization (+1.5 points in 1 year)
A 64,000m² regional warehouse dedicated to the local market (Mexico) and serving the national platforms in the area
Reception operations (350,000 pallets / year), storage (65,000 positions – including 30% broken down in detail) and preparation (~ 600 pallets / day) which supply the local market and export

Objective

Category: Improve Responsiveness and Secure Availability

Improving regional warehousing operations

The methodology deployed allowed the objectivation of performance comparisons, between zones, distinguishing local factors
Lysiane Bessonnet, Director, Supply Chain Practice Leader

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Lysiane Bessonnet

Director

Lysiane graduated from Audencia Business School, and holds a CSCP certification from APICS. She started her career in consulting as Procurement and Supply-Chain specialist. She joined…

Lysiane Bessonnet

Lysiane Bessonnet

Director

Lysiane graduated from Audencia Business School, and holds a CSCP certification from APICS. She started her career in consulting as Procurement and Supply-Chain specialist. She joined KEPLER in 2009 where she became leader of the Supply-Chain practice. She specializes in the Consumer Goods, Manufacturing and Distribution sectors.
Alain-Bernard Duvic

Partner

Alain-Bernard graduated from ESCE and the Master in Supply Chain from ISLI in Bordeaux. His experience and reputation were built along 20 years of experience in consulting, at AT Kearney,…

Alain-Bernard Duvic

Alain-Bernard Duvic

Partner

Alain-Bernard graduated from ESCE and the Master in Supply Chain from ISLI in Bordeaux. His experience and reputation were built along 20 years of experience in consulting, at AT Kearney, Headlink and Eurogroup. He held operational positions within the Seb group and as Director of Supply-Chain for a French Luxury Brand. Alain-Bernard joined KEPLER in 2020 as a supervisor of the Supply-Chain practice. He brings with him a solid experience in the Retail, Consumer Goods, Industry and Aero / Defence sectors.