Thursday, October 29, 2009

December Program

Our next program will be at the CVS/Caremark Distribution Center in Lumberton, New Jersey on Wednesday, December 2nd.


TOUR DETAILS

This is an immense, well run distribution center that CVS management is very proud to show off. The tours of their facility are extremely informative and will be a great learning experience for all our members. We are expecting a good turnout for this tour so please register early.

This facility services 666 stores in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and parts of New York. Located on 50 acres in Lumberton the DC comprises 1,014,409 SF, with an additional 162,000 SF in their Central Warehouse across the street.

CVS / Caremark’s operations include RX Pick-to-Light, pharmacy loose picks, daily, seasonal and promotional store replenishments and order fulfillments. The facility comprises:
  • 44 receiving dock doors
  • Over 7 miles of conveyor
  • A propriety CVS WMS, RF based, UCC 128 BC driven system runs all order and labor management processes
  • The DC has over 1,000 full time employees on a 3 shift, 5 day operation supported by a 41 person management team

Some operational statistics for the DC:
  • 145,000 cases received on a daily basis
  • 23,000 total SKUs
  • Average Front Store Pick = 1,200,000 pieces using totes using roughly 35,000 totes
  • Average Pharmacy Loose Pick Daily = 212,000 pieces using 2,600 totes
  • Average Outbound Parcels = 115,000 parcels direct delivery daily
  • Weekly deliveries from this facility = 740

DINNER PROGRAM

The CVS/Caremark DC Story

For our dinner panel discussion / presentation Ron Richmond, Director of CVS / Caremark and his team will present additional information on CVS / Caremark’s distribution channels, future growth and answer any questions you might have on the facility.

Ron Richmond – Director, CVS Lumberton Distribution Center, began his CVS career in July of 2009. Prior to CVS, he spent 5 years as the General Manager of IKEA Home Furnishing’s 1.8mm square foot distribution center in Perryville, Maryland. Prior to IKEA, Ron spent 16 years with Wal-Mart Distribution in various roles and locations throughout the United States.

Rich Sanitate – Sr. Operations Manager, CVS Lumberton Distribution Center, began his CVS career in 1998 after a successful distribution career with Sony Music Entertainment in Chicago where he was the Associate Director of that operation. Rich has filled several roles in the Lumberton building and is currently part of an implementation team who assists other CVS Distribution Centers in the new WMS platform implementation.

Matt Forster – Operations Manager, CVS Lumberton Distribution Center, began his CVS career in early 2008 as Operations Manager for the facility. Matt has responsibility for operations and inventory control across all shifts and schedules. Prior to Matt joining CVS, he worked for Target Corporation in various roles to include transportation and distribution as well as time in the retail sector as a Store Manager


PROGRAM SPONSOR



Intelligrated® is an American-owned supplier of integrated material handling systems that provide logistics solutions throughout the supply chain with services and products primarily serving the warehousing and distribution sector. The world class equipment we produce demonstrates our ability in high speed case sortation, accumulation, merging and controls technology, all supported by 24x7 customer service and sales. The acquisition in 2009 of automated material handling supplier FKI Logistex® (www.fkilogistex.com) expands the Intelligrated product line to include Alvey® palletizers, Real Time Solutions® order fulfillment systems, and Crisplant® tilt-tray and cross-belt sorters.


MHSNJ would like to thank our program sponsor for their support
of this month's program, as well as supporting our society.


SCHEDULE


3:30 - Registration at the Tour Site

4:00 - Tour Begins

5:30 - Reception at Restaurant

6:00 - Dinner Program Begins


DINNER PROGRAM LOCATION

Deerwood Country Club
845 Woodlane Road
Westhampton, New Jersey 08060
609-265-1855
www.deerwoodcc.com


DIRECTIONS

TO CVS DISTRIBUTION CENTER
1 Berry Drive , Lumberton, NJ 08048
609-267-6700

From North or South Jersey
  • New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 5 – Burlington/Mt. Holly
  • Thru tolls, right at light onto Rt. 541 South
  • Follow Rt. 541 South thru 2 lights for 1.6 miles
  • Bear right just before the 3rd light (Burger King on right) onto the Lumberton/Medford (Rt. 541 Mt. Holly Bypass)
  • Continue on Rt. 541 - Mt. Holly Bypass for 2.2 miles, thru 3 lights, crossing over Rt. 38
  • Make right at next light onto Berry Drive
  • Go 0.3 miles, CVS is on LEFT side
  • Park in middle of lot near the front entrance (visitor spots), sign in at lobby.

TO THE DEERWOOD COUNTRY CLUB
845 Woodlane Road, Westhampton, New Jersey 08060
609-265-1855

From CVS / Caremark DC: (back toward NJ TPK)
  • Right out of parking lot, 0.3 miles
  • Left turn onto Rt. 541 - Mt. Holly Bypass for 2.2 miles
  • Left at 3rd light onto main Rt. 541
  • Go 0.3 miles, right onto Woodlawn Road, Deerwood CC is 0.4 mile on left
From NJ Turnpike:
  • New Jersey Turnpike to Exit 5 – Burlington/Mt. Holly
  • Thru tolls, right at light onto Rt. 541 South
  • Follow Rt. 541 South @ 1 mile to Woodlane Road, take jug handle, make left onto Woodlane Road
  • Deerwood CC is 0.5 mile on left

REGISTRATION

Registration prior to tours is strongly recommended to guarantee admittance. Tours often fill to capacity prior to program date which prevents same-day on-site registrations.

Please pre-register to allow us to adequately plan our programs and dinners.

Please note: Walk-in day of tour registrations are subject to availability and are subject to an additional charge.

MEMBER PRE-REGISTRATION RATE - $50.00


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NON-MEMBER PRE-REGISTRATION RATE - $60.00

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Photos from Our October Program

Our October Program was a great success. Over 60 people attended the tour and/or dinner presentation.

We wish to thank the people of Loehmann's for opening their doors to us, our speakers for donating their time, and SDI for sponsoring the event.


Bill Thayer of Loehmanns speaks to our group.

Fred Gerstler thanks our guest from Loehmanns.
From left to right Pete Inchausti, Bill Thayer, Fred Gerstler, Andrew Love, and Greg Cioffi.


Our Dinner Presentation.

Steve O'Reilly thanks our speakers.
From left to right Anthony DeIeso, Steve O'Reilly, and Christopher Ulricksen.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

October 2009 Newsletter

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