Description of the Project
The Plaza Oeste Distribution Center (CDPO) is in charge of storing and distributing food products for “Agrícola Ariztía” and its different brands, to the whole Santiago and several regions of the country. The flow that is distributed by the CDPO surpasses 6000 tons a month, most of which are chicken, turkey, pig and cured meat products.
Agrícola Ariztía estimates a growth near to 60% in the product flow to go through the CDPO by 2011, given some decisions of logistic related to other production plants and the increase of products demand. This effect will cause the distribution center to exceed in its capacity, which makes the extension of the cold stores and dependencies of the CDPO necessary.

Our Importance
Poch develops a new layout for Plaza Oeste Distribution Center in a Master-Plan level. In order to add greater validation to the proposed design and to assure that it will be able to cope with the expected future demand, Poch carries out a computer simulation study to determine the best layout configuration for the CDPO.
The study shows the products entry and exit flows into the CDPO with high level of detail, and also each one of the processes that are carried out for each one of the tasks required for the unloading and loading of trucks, as well as the storage of product pallets in the respective cold stores.
Through this study we are able to determine:
• Adequate dimension for each one of the storage chambers
• Quantity of necessary Entrance and Exit Platforms
• Dimension of the Picking Area
• Necessary amount of staff

Essential Benefit
Poch develops an evaluation tool for distribution centers through computer simulation that can be applied to diverse logistic facilities and to obtain results that generate operational and strategic efficiency in distribution. Particularly in this case a sizing of necessary facilities and resources is carried out for an appropriate functioning of The Plaza Oeste Distribution Center belonging to Agrícola Ariztía.