D-Carb: The Missing Link Between Environmental Impact and Supply Chain Planning

To meet the demand of consumers when it comes to online grocery shopping, the old method of manually hand-picking an order to pack and send to customers was too time-consuming, inefficient, and low in productivity,” said Mr. Gerald Glauerdt, Co-Founder & Chief Logistics Officer at RedMart and Lazada. “We knew we needed to scale our model of operations up, and we needed to find a solutions provider who was highly experienced in warehouse and logistics automation. Dematic was chosen as they were able to provide us with highly customisable solutions that would bring us the productivity increases that we were looking for.”

One of the technologies Dematic has provided as part of the automated solution is the Dematic Multishuttle® system. Products are placed in totes, which are automatically stored in high-density racks by robotic shuttles. The Dematic Multishuttles automatically transport totes between storage locations and operator pick stations, eliminating the need for operators to travel and preventing them from picking the wrong product. These towering racks extend from floor to ceiling, maximising the storage density of the warehouse.

“The automated solution uses robotic shuttles to store and retrieve products automatically and deliver them to goods-toperson (GTP) workstations where operators can work up to 5 times faster than they were previously,” said Mr. Michael Bradshaw, Senior Regional Director, Sales & Solutions Development, Dematic.

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“The shuttles are also used to automatically replenish pick locations allocated for faster moving products where we use light picking technology to direct the operators, making the picking process as fast and accurate as possible.”

Whenever there is an order to be fulfilled from the goods-to-person area, the Dematic Multishuttle system automatically retrieves totes containing the required items. Totes are retrieved in a specific sequence and conveyed to the GTP workstations where they are picked and placed into order containers. The operator stays in one place while items are delivered to their pick station automatically, increasing picking speeds and productivity by eliminating the need for the picker to walk around many aisles of shelving.

“This example of the GTP brings a highly productive solution in terms of processes, where a picker could now pick and pack 500 items in the same amount of time that it used to take us to pick and pack 100 items using the manual process,” said Mr. Glauerdt. “Dematic was able to offer this customised solution to help reduce the burden on our pickers, whilst boosting productivity and efficiency, helping us to meet the growing demand of online grocery shopping.” ●

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D-Carb from Deloitte Australia leverages SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) in combination with product carbon footprint data in order to support business decisions on the journey to decarbonised value chains. D-Carb brings visibility on future CO2e emissions, compares emission scenarios, and triggers tangible actions across the extended value chain to operationalise climate strategy.

“D-Carb provides the missing link between environmental impact and supply chain planning on the path to a low-carbon future,” said James Stone, SAP Partner from Deloitte.

In the context of Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), D-Carb allows planners to not only make decisions based on demand, supply, and financial drivers, but also on CO2e emissions. This is possible through the flexibility and scalability of SAP IBP, which allows planners to create alternative scenarios on the spot and compare them against climate strategy targets. The output becomes a feasible, profitable, and sustainable S&OP plan, which will flow down to execution, ultimately making operations more resilient and future proof.

“D-Carb enriches your SAP Supply Chain Planning process with carbon footprint data, in order to support business decisions on an organisation’s journey to decarbonisation. It allows business leaders to walk the talk by providing the missing link between their climate strategy and day-to-day planning activities,” said James.

Beyond decarbonisation, integrating CO2e emission scenarios into supply chain plans is only the first step towards seriously tackling the climate urgency. ●

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