Parts supply
Coca-Cola European Partners’ (CCEP) plant is the largest soft drinks plant by volume in Europe.
With such a vast plant to maintain and a production schedule planned down to the second, CCEP partnered with Brammer, a distributor of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) products, to manage the supply of its MRO spare parts to its manufacturing operations, including its Wakefield, UK site. Working with CCEP since 2009, the partnership has since evolved and is now based on a core concept of best practice in MRO procurement – vendor managed inventory. To achieve this, Brammer implemented its Insite service, effectively a dedicated branch housed within the Wakefield plant, achieving cost savings of more than 11 per cent to date.
As well as savings generated through vendor consolidation and inventory rationalisation, the Insite team has been able to achieve significant savings through OEM conversion. Even worn or damaged components can be identified by the team, and by sourcing replacement parts directly from the manufacturer rather than through the machinery OEM, Brammer has been able to cut costs as well as reduce lead times.
In 2015, this project delivered a cost saving of 20 per cent of usual annual spend.
