SIMPLOT has selected Costa Logistics to help roll out its national expansion strategy into the chilled foods sector.
The project will see Simplot products, including its new range of fresh pasta and sauces, moved to Costa Logistics’ distribution centres. Costa Logistics will then coordinate outbound transport of the products to a range of Victorian and interstate delivery points.
Costa Logistics says it expects to service about 20 customer locations with approximately 10,000 cases per week of product.
The company’s logistics solution will operate on the Manhattan warehouse management system which Costa Logistics is said to recently have spent $4m upgrading.
According to Costa Logistics, the Manhattan system is fully EDI interfaced and will enable the two companies to communicate seamlessly giving both parties advanced visibility of inbound stock, the ability to plan the resources to handle it as well as pick the product and dispatch it to a tight timetable.
Costa Logistics is also working on a supply chain intelligence dashboard for Simplot, which is said to give it access to real time stock visibility and streamline processes.