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GOJO DISTRIBUTION TRANSITION IS COMPLETE
By Kim Bogucki, Logistics Administration
Beginning in April of 2017, the transition from shipping out of the GOJO Lippman Campus Distribution
Center in Stow to the GOJO Wooster Campus Distribution Center is now complete effective August
2018. This transition is part of a broader strategic capability building initiative that will better prepare us
for future growth opportunities.
Eighty-five percent of the GOJO North American volume now ships from the GOJO Wooster Campus
Distribution Center (Commercial, Healthcare, Food Service, Tough Soils, and Government), and 15%
ships from the GOJO Lippman Campus Distribution Center (Consumer, International, Automotive,
Hardware, Textile, and Compliance). How did we get there and, more importantly, why was this
transition important? Well, we’re growing, and to meet the needs of our growing business, we’ve had
to rethink how we ship and distribute product. The 35,000 pallet positions at GOJO Lippman Campus
Distribution Center was not enough space to support the needs of the business—including both
finished goods and components. The transition of the majority of our distribution operations to GOJO
Wooster Campus allows us to continue growing while meeting the needs of the business.
How were the 15% of trades selected to stay at the GOJO Lippman Campus Distribution
Center? When evaluating the different trades, these trades selected to remain at GOJO Lippman
Campus represent the least number of finished goods to be stored in the racks, and include
International, Consumer, Automotive, Hardware, Textile, and Compliance.
The main goal of this transition was, and still is, to reduce the number of finished goods stored at the
GOJO Lippman Campus Distribution Center and increase the storage of components because having
more components stored at the GOJO Lippman Campus Distribution Center allows us to better service
Manufacturing. Since we receive minimal components into GOJO Wooster Campus, we will not have
to unload, store, pick, load, transfer to LCDC, unload, store, pick, and then transfer to Manufacturing,
which can result in too many non-value-added moves.
As you can see, below is a view of the LCDC current space allocation, which does not allow for
adequate component storage to meet daily production requirements.
CURRENT STATE – SPACE ALLOCATION FUTURE STATE – SPACE ALLOCATION
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