Efficiency gains for ACCO office product deliveries with Paragon route scheduling

Needing to streamline its warehouse operation from a pick-by-zone to a pick-by-route regime meant that for ACCO, one of the UK’s largest manufacturers of office products, faster route scheduling was a must.

This key business goal has been achieved with the installation of Paragon’s Multi Depot system, which is now used in the early evening to calculate routes and schedules for nationwide next day deliveries.

This faster scheduling has enabled the integration of pick, pack and despatch operations into a single smooth process, providing increased warehouse efficiency as orders are picked and loaded overnight in reverse drop sequence ready for despatch early the next morning.

“Paragon enables us to improve customer service by automatically scheduling deliveries to meet increasing numbers of customer time windows.  Combine this with warehouse cost savings of 5.6% per year, increased vehicle efficiency, reduced sub-contractor costs and a dramatic cut in planning administration makes Paragon pivotal to our distribution operation. We couldn’t plan without it!” Kevin Carr, Distribution Director, Acco