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As the second largest port group in the UK, each year, Peel Ports safely handle over 70 million tonnes of cargo from across the globe and whether it is finding efficient routes and well-connected services, close to end-destination ports or storage and freight options, they add-value to every step of the process.

Client Name

Peel Ports

Industry

Ports and Logistics

Scope

Peel Ports operate 8 major ports across the UK and Ireland inc Liverpool, Dublin, Kent and Clydebank with revenues of £600m+

Challenges Faced

Peel Ports have grown their location portfolio by strategic acquisition of individual ports and Port Authorities which led to them being unable to consolidate and benchmark their purchasing of Electrical products.

They tried on numerous occasions to slim down suppliers and save costs but had struggled to find a system and a single source supply chain partner across all of their locations.

Our Solution

Working with their Main General stores based in Liverpool we were able to review all purchases across each individual port by synchronising spreadsheet information to come up with a defined list and understand the purchasing profile which had a very long list of products.

Results Achieved

The project enabled Peel to understand their Electrical requirements based on national demand, not local, allowing them to make significant savings on their large volume items. Future savings are now available to them via a slimmed-down procurement process of agreed products, and price and purchasing has been automated via their SAP system.<div class='na__line-break'></div>CEF now has dedicated management of the account and can continually offer new relevant products to Peel that improve efficiency and safety. Peel are now able to consolidate manufacturers across all sites (e.g. 1 manufacturer of switchgear instead of 5) meaning over time their store inventory will drop, freeing up cash. For us, we have seen significant revenue growth.

Key Milestones

The key success elements of this project were the willingness of Peel to share data under NDA and give us complete access to their IT teams via a nominated Peel Project manager.<div class='na__line-break'></div>Weekly TEAMS meetings, with people attending from across Europe, enabled us to complete the project quickly with all stakeholders having full transparency in understanding their tasks in the project and to avoid “roadblocks” coming down the line.

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