Case Study: Oxford University Press achieves 20% productivity gain and award-winning distribution with Blue Yonder warehouse management

Oxford University Press’s Award-winning Distribution

Oxford University Press (OUP), the world’s largest university press publishing thousands of titles across multiple formats and languages, runs its own Kettering distribution centre that dispatches some 36,000 orders a month—70% internationally. Faced with outdated warehouse technology and a costly, complex conveyoring system that constrained growth and operational flexibility, OUP sought a scalable warehouse control and labor-management solution to modernize its distribution operations.

By implementing Blue Yonder’s warehouse and labor management for more than 14 years, OUP gained full visibility and control of picking, packing and dispatch processes, enabling faster responses to last‑minute orders and better workforce planning. The changes drove a 20% increase in employee productivity, reduced manpower and contractor costs, allowed the business to absorb growth without adding headcount, and contributed to OUP’s consistent recognition as a leading distributor.

Oxford University Press

Paula Hart

Systems and Compliance Manager