{"id":60619,"date":"2024-11-18T14:12:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T19:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flexpipeinc.com\/?post_type=case_study&p=60619"},"modified":"2025-09-23T15:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T19:08:40","slug":"warehouse-solutions-skipper","status":"publish","type":"case_study","link":"https:\/\/www.flexpipeinc.com\/us_en\/case_study\/warehouse-solutions-skipper\/","title":{"rendered":"How Skipper Groupe Boosted Picking Efficiency by 3x Using Flexpipe’s Modular Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Skipper Groupe \u2013 a third-party logistics company providing essential warehousing in Europe and the United States for numerous international business-to-business (B2B), e-commerce, industrial, and commercial enterprises \u2013 turned to Flexpipe\u2019s steel tube and joint material handling system to reduce warehouse management costs and improve efficiencies. Camille Jouvet \u2013 General Manager at Skipper Groupe \u2013 assembled several customized Flexpipe material handling structures that simplified incoming reception, stocking, picking, packaging, and shipping processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Skipper Group<\/strong>e<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With 13 different warehouse locations and countless global customers, Skipper Groupe is viewed by its customers as a critical third-party warehouse and international partner. The company\u2019s warehouses provide vital access to new markets for companies that would otherwise not have access. By providing an essential warehouse along with real-time inventory tracking and shipping, Skipper Groupe quickly becomes an integral part of its customers’ supply chains, ensuring on-time deliveries while providing essential tracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company\u2019s innovative Baliseo App lets customers track inventory counts at all 13 Skipper Groupe warehouse locations, set alerts, and monitor in-transit customer orders from any mobile device or terminal with a Wi-Fi connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about how Camille Jouvet and his team used Flexpipe\u2019s easy-to-assemble steel tube and joint material handling<\/a> system across all 13 Skipper Groupe warehouse locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Skipper Groupe Responsibilities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Skipper Groupe manages 13 separate warehouse locations. Nine of these are in the south of France, two in Paris, and two others in Georgia, USA. The company warehouses everything from soap to electronics, linens, and houseware. They also warehouse an impressive selection of industrial consumables such as high-strength fasteners, brackets, nuts, and washers, in addition to extremely fragile items such as China and crystal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\"Six<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n

Like any third-party warehouse<\/a> and logistics company, Skipper Groupe\u2019s customers measure them on multiple time-critical key performance indicators (KPIs)<\/strong>, the most important of which is on-time delivery<\/strong>. Other KPIs include inventory count accuracy<\/strong>, picking accuracy<\/strong>, order fulfillment<\/strong>, shipment accuracy<\/strong>, and the per-unit freight cost<\/strong> for each product shipped. Every product warehoused by Skipper Groupe requires unique material handling and inventory stocking processes. Each requires a different incoming receiving, inspection, unpacking, and storage process. For order fulfillment, all products have specific instructions for picking, packaging, and shipping.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Largely Dependent Upon Manual Processes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

None of the 13 Skipper Groupe warehouses are fully automated, and for good reason. Given the sheer volume and variety of products each Skipper Groupe warehouse manages \u2013 and with all their different material handling processes required for each customer product \u2013 a mixed approach of automation and manual processes provides the optimal solution. While some warehouses utilize automation for high-volume customers, many operations maintain manual processes where they are more economically efficient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Skipper Groupe’s contracts typically range from one to five years, but with modern technology becoming increasingly flexible and adaptable, the company is strategically investing in automation. For instance, their first goods-to-person solution is planned for Q2 2025, aimed at improving outbound capacity, picking accuracy, and storage optimization. This investment will support customer growth, enhance competitiveness in the web industry, and position the company for future expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A flexible material handling solution is essential for the manual processes that remain integral to operations. The solution needs to be modular and scalable, allowing warehouse teams to create their own material handling structures to accommodate the needs of the many different products in their respective warehouses. This is where solutions like Flexpipe complement both automated and manual processes, offering flexibility and efficiency at a low cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n

“With up to 34 different customer products in our Lawrenceville Georgia warehouse, and with each product requiring a different picking, packaging, and shipping process, our warehouse needed a simple material handling solution where structures could be easily changed or modified by our warehouse team to optimize storage space and maximize warehouse efficiencies. For us, Flexpipe’s steel tube and joint system checks all the boxes.”<\/em> \u2013 Camille Jouvet, General Manager Skipper Groupe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Picking Table Station | Structure Showcase<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n