Case Study: NFT Distribution Operations Ltd. achieves 15x picking capacity and 99.95% accuracy with Blue Yonder Warehouse Management

NFT Transforms Operational Performance With Blue Yonder Warehouse Management

NFT is a UK leader in time-sensitive chilled food and drink logistics, operating transport, warehousing and consolidation services for supermarket and grocery customers. Facing massive SKU proliferation, complex retailer-specific minimum life-on-receipt (MLOR) rules, product misrotations and an underutilized 220,000 sq ft warehouse, NFT needed to improve stock rotation, reduce waste and streamline replenishment and administration.

NFT implemented JDA Warehouse Management (with JDA consulting/support and LXE/Honeywell RF) in a phased rollout, standardizing workflows and enabling rule-based automation and real-time visibility for customers. The solution drove a more than fifteenfold increase in pickable SKUs, average weekly picks of 1.6 million cases (peaking near 2 million), 15–30% higher pick rates, >99.95% weekly picking accuracy, elimination of misrotations, a 27% boost in reach-truck utilization and an ROI in under 30 days.

NFT Distribution Operations Ltd.

Stephen Szikora

IT Director