Case Study: Whitbread Food Supply Chain achieves high-performance, scalable 24x7 distribution with InterSystems Caché

Whitbread Puts Caché on the Menu Using Chess Logistics Technology

Whitbread Food Supply Chain handles warehousing and distribution for the Whitbread Group, delivering about 300,000 cases weekly to more than 1,700 outlets across multiple subsidiaries. Their legacy supply-chain application ran on two separate databases and aging hardware, creating complexity in stock storage, picking and system management while requiring high performance, scalability and 24x7 reliability.

Chess Logistics Technology reconfigured the Socrates application to run on InterSystems Caché and migrated data to a single, more powerful platform, using industry-standard interfaces for seamless integration. The consolidated system simplified stock models and picking, improved performance and scalability, enabled real-time stock availability and electronic invoicing, and delivered easier maintenance and robust 24x7 operations.

Whitbread Food Supply Chain

Andy Pickett

Business systems Manager for Whitbread Food Supply Chain