Inventory and Warehouse Organization

$25M Recycling Company

Background

  • Large plastic recycler, focused on green and clear PET plastic bottles
  • Three plants in the U.S. (West coast, Northeast and Midwest)
  • Sells mainly to companies that produce bottles or beverages

Contributions

  • Organized their spare parts inventory (decluttered area, removed obsolete inventory, improved location labeling, etc.)
  • Prepared spare parts inventory data to be uploaded into the new CMM system
  • Developed location naming conventions for all inventory locations
  • Created CAD drawings of warehouse and inventory locations
  • Identified current inventory levels and where parts were used (what machine)
  • Identified the part vendor and minimum levels that should be on hand

Results

  • Over 7,800 total parts were reviewed to disposition parts
  • ~2,000 parts were not uploaded to the new CMMS
  • Reduced maintenance time to find parts by 20-45% by leveraging newly developed warehouse maps