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Summary

Halfords Autocentres contacted Bluestones One with a project they required a trusted partner to be able to deliver. Halfords acquired the Nationwide Autocentres in 2010 and found that the stores had no accurate stock holding information and tyres were unorganised and difficult to find. Bluestones arranged several teams to visit stores across the country to organise the tyres to planogram and load all excess stock on to trailers to be returned to a central hub.

Challenges

When the teams arrived on site there was very little in terms of control and organisation of the tyres. They found it easier to use all available space to organise the tyres in to the correct brand and sizes before starting to merchandise the tyres to the correct planogram in the racking. As the stores were still trading this brought extra challenges with loading bays open and busy, along with the weather elements as the project was completed during winter months.

Results

Bluestones One teams successfully cleansed over 40 stores over 7 weeks. Using the experience and commitment of our onsite teams and project managers we were able to overcome any issues and provide the perfect solution bringing a whole new look into the stores.

Receiving fantastic feedback from the customer for the delivery and results of such a large scale programme.

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Meet the team: Garry Leck

Meet Garry Leck: Lead Resource Co-ordinator

Tell us about your role at Bluestones OneI am the Lead Resource Coordinator and have been with Bluestones One for almost three years now. I started out in the field as a Merchandiser, then moved up to Team Leader before I got offered a permanent role within the office. I spend most of my time based in our North East office where we run a small team responsible for allocating the work to the field staff. On a day to day basis, we allocate the work and resources needed for each job site. How would you normally start your day at work?The start of each day is different and led by what has happened the previous night. The main priority is to resolve any day to day challenges or additional requests generated by the night teams. Once resolved we can move onto the planning of the following days and weeks. What does a typical day at work look like for you?A typical day is mainly dealing with enquiries generated on-site whilst trying to organise the following weeks. If we can get everyone into a job they like with people they enjoy working with, our job is made so much easier.

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