Logistic
ListenA main planning network, a global distribution presence
The Group’s distribution system is globally integrated and supplied by a centralized manufacturing planning platform. The network linking the logistics and sales centres to the production facilities in Italy and China also provides daily monitoring of global sales performance and inventory levels so that manufacturing resources can be programmed and warehouse stocks re-allocated to meet local market demand.
This integrated system serves both the retail and wholesale businesses and is one of the most efficient and advanced logistics system in the industry, with 23 distribution centres worldwide, of which 10 are in the Unites States, 8 are in the Asia-Pacific region and 5 are in the rest of the world. There are 3 main distribution centres (hubs) in strategic locations serving the major markets: Sedico in Europe, Atlanta in the Americas and Dongguan in the Asia-Pacific region.
1. The Sedico hub, updated with a highly automated system, currently manages over 13,500 orders per day, including eyeglasses and spare parts. Sedico ships over 170,000 units daily, coming from manufacturing plants, to customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa and to the Group’s distribution centres in the rest of the world, from which they are then shipped to local customers. The centralisation of the service has brought a major benefit in terms of improving the speed and efficiency of Luxottica distribution, and the implementation of the SAP system has improved process controls and order allocation.
2. The Atlanta facility, located in one of the major airport hubs of the United States, is a highly advanced distribution centre whose cross-belt sorting system can move up to 140,000 frames per day for wholesale and retail networks in North America. And the logistics network of Oakley is also headed by the Atlanta hub.
3. The Dongguan hub handles the transport of around 100,000 pairs of glasses a day. The continuous investment in services and the implementation of the SAP system has determined the growth of this centre, year after year, as it took on a strategic role in distribution for the Asia-Pacific area.
SAP implementation will continue throughout 2011 in the distribution hubs of North America, thereby optimising order management, reducing lead times and keeping stock levels low.
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Last update: 4 NOVEMBER 2011
