Fast-moving consumer goods run at high line volume with short shelf life and frequent promotions. A warehouse management system picks by expiry, replenishes pick faces before they run empty, and handles promotional pack changes as distinct items so a promotion cannot be shipped as standard stock.
In FMCG it is critical to manage inventory. Consumers are used to a wide range of products at their fingertips and therefore everything should be well-stocked and available at all times. This demands an extensive and highly efficient logistic setup. Whether you are still on the traditional hub and spoke model or an innovative supply chain, it has to be fast and above all cost-effective. It makes perfect sense to digitize all your processes and optimize your workflows with the equally cost-effective solution by BizBloqs.
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In fast moving consumer goods, you have to keep close track of important information relating to your products. For example, applying FEFO, or first expiry-first out, is very important. Products may also be limited to a window of optimal sales, meaning that stocks have to be high in the window and drastically reduced when the peak is over. This has to be closely tracked and the correct process needs to be enforced to avoid unnecessary losses.
You can manage all product-related information about your inventory in a single affordable solution with BizBloqs. It integrates all your processes and workflow to ensure that you are fully equipped to handle your logistic and distribution challenges.
Capture all incoming goods and the relevant expiry date information with a single scan, while you can implement a full POS system integration to keep perfect track of your inventory at all times.
The e-commerce channel has been hugely influential in the FMCG landscape and it is practically a must to adopt, embrace and make successful. While you need to transform your business anyway, it makes perfect sense to digitize all your logistic processes and optimize your workflow. After all, logistics is at the heart of your operations whether it’s physical stores or your online sales channel.
BizBloqs provides the expertise and guidance you need to manage your warehouse to perfection, from implementing FEFO to managing your locations in the warehouse. Our solutions help you stay compliant, drive productivity and fulfil orders to perfection .
Capture batch production and expiry date information with a single scan and create labels for your locations and products on the spot for perfect navigation.
Given the high turnover speed in FMCG it is critical to manage inflows and outflows of stocks accurately to provide full traceability across all product lines and perform well in operational audits and compliance checks.
Configure specific workflows with shelf life and seasonality rules alongside the ability to integrate all your carriers. This allows you to reduce loss due to expiry and time all your stock movements to perfection.
Once you start a relationship with BizBloqs you do not simply engage a supplier of an affordable logistics solution. Instead, you start a journey with a partner that takes ownership of your challenges and has all the tools and features to support the growing complexity and size of your business.
Volume outpaces a picking process built for lower throughput
Work grouped into waves and split across zones so throughput scales with volume instead of with headcount
Promotional displays are built without stock consequence
Promotional units built against a defined structure that consumes components and creates a countable finished item
Retail delivery windows and pallet rules are missed
Customer-specific pallet, labelling and window requirements enforced during planning, with breaches flagged before dispatch
Short shelf-life stock rotates by habit rather than by rule
FEFO and FIFO applied per item group, with ageing stock reported before it turns into a markdown
Forecast and replenishment run on last month's numbers
Real movement data shared with planning and purchasing continuously, so replenishment reacts to this week rather than last month
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods — What the fast moving consumer goods sector actually demands of a warehouse, a 14-point capability checklist you score yourself, and the eight questions to ask every vendor — including us.
BizBloqs has implemented and optimized numerous features that are highly relevant to the FMCG industry. We highlighted a few below.
Hold multiple barcodes and quantities against items to drive efficiency.
Aged stock reporting and FIFO picking rules minimize obsolescence.
Control items at the batch and lot level with full location and event tracking.
Control the consumption of all component parts and keep accurate stock levels.
Ensure all products are handled in the same manner with standardized workflows.
Manage raw materials, packaging, work in progress and finished goods stock levels.
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Match it to how you operate
The compliance and commercial detail above is the same for everyone in fast-moving consumer goods. What changes is how you run: production, fulfilment, wholesale or third-party logistics. Pick your operating model to see the process fit.
BizBloqs has developed a unique platform which can be configured to create many solutions for every logistic challenge we have encountered. Our combined experience and expertise in our field makes us trusted advisors and experts to address your needs.
A full Warehouse Management System (WMS) for companies of any size. Map out the correct flow of processes with our experts and transform your business
Track your inventory in real-time and never fail to fulfill your customer orders again. Deep insights into stock levels and all related movements allow you to keep customers informed perfectly.
Link your entire supply chain with the BizBloqs Integration Toolkit to transfer critical information in a secure, timely manner with both internal and external partners, for your operational efficiency
Choose your solution
BizBloqs is a warehouse platform, delivered in three solutions. Start where your operation is today, extend when you are ready. Each solution includes WMS at its core, with Order Management and Integrations layered in at the depth that fits your business.
Small and medium businesses running one warehouse, a growing order volume and a team that is doing too much by hand.
Scaling mid-market businesses selling across several channels, holding stock in more than one place, and outgrowing a single-warehouse setup.
Larger and multi-entity organisations with complex handling requirements, established ERP landscapes and formal governance obligations.
Why take our word for it? We let our customers convince you instead. BizBloqs customers are happy with their solutions and don’t hesitate to share their positive experiences. Our ability to turn any challenge into an efficient solution never fails to impress!
BizBloqs was one of the first to provide a WMS with scanning capabilities and we started a journey together. Our operations have gotten a lot more complex, advanced and especially bigger over the past 5 years and we have simply grown together.
Nick Bisselink, Financial/Operational Director
When we had extensive logistic requirements beyond the capabilities of our financial solution, BizBloqs shared its expertise to transform Lantaarn’s entire warehouse experience together
Lantaarn Publishers
We needed a better, more transparent and practical system for our incoming and outgoing product flow. A direct overview in our stock and all our logistics movements was really a must. BizBloqs helped us from the start!
Rik Klein - Sales manager
In addition to a scan procedure with EDI integration, BizBloqs has set up an entire production system for us. Production planning can provide direct instructions and as soon as they are ready, it all arrives in the OMS. This gives us a larger production capacity and a drastic reduction of the picking mistakes in dispatching.
Reinier Schot, Head of Production
Fast-Moving Consumer Goods — Pick whichever suits where you are. All three land with the same team.
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