Testimonials

"The extension to Roberts Bakery is a major development and we must ensure that we don’t inconvenience our customers while the work is being carried out. The CLASS software has enabled us to test some complex warehousing scenarios and maximise the potential operating space in the dispatch areas during each phase of the building work"

"CLASS has been key in enabling us to achieve our goal of substantially increasing warehouse capacity - in one case by 40% - and deferring the need for new capital investment. In the future, it will become the platform for continuous improvement across our entire warehouse network."

"Sometimes the root cause of a problem in the warehouse is not obvious. Sometimes, as experienced managers, we know exactly what should be done but need to validate our decision. CLASS gives us the science behind what we can see and confidence in the decisions that we are making."

"Cirrus was a very responsive project partner and helped us achieve models that are proving to be extremely close to the real thing. As a result, we are now delivering the highest levels of efficiency in our warehouse operation"

"I enjoy using CLASS. It's easy to use, and both internal and external customers are impressed by the results. In the case of this retailer, it helped us extend the contract and gave us a clear plan of how to implement the required changes to the site."

"Our experience of working with the Cirrus team has been excellent. Their understanding of warehouse operations together with their modelling abilities meant we were 50% there in really no time at all."

"We chose CLASS because we were impressed by its speed of delivery over other systems and, since using it regularly, have been very pleased with the highly professional image it gives our work, from showing in detail the warehouse, even down to the products in place and the potential customer's logo, to in-depth analysis of the warehouse operation. CLASS has made a difference in winning new business."

"CLASS has proved to be an unparalleled, great value tool in our warehouse design and simulation design armoury, helping us impress potential customers and communicate more meaningfully with existing customers. A recent review suggests that CLASS has generated in excess of a 25% productivity improvement in our warehouse design and up to a 50% improvement in the output we can now put before customers."

"We have used CLASS for at least eight projects and have yet to find a layout design or task we cannot simulate. We are confident that the software will pay for itself within 12 months, if it has not already."

"We were looking for the best of breed product that would help us identify the optimum set-up for our central hub. In CLASS, we found a tool that achieved this, it delivered lots of good KPIs and other information and was easy to use."

"CLASS will be used for both in house projects and for clients that intend to outsource or improve their warehousing and distribution operations. CLASS will assist in identifying details such as the resources required to ensure the optimum balance of cost, service and on-going efficiency in response to changes in supply chain demand as well as the right selection of storage solution and material handling equipment."

"CLASS quickly proved to be a good check on our work, revealing opportunities to rationalise our resource levels and suggesting changes in our operations that we could assess without risk to our on-going operations. And, it gave us that all-important confidence in our decisions."

"Sainsbury's has a large network of consolidation centres spread throughout the UK and its goal has been to reduce these in number by increasing the capacity in selected centres.  CLASS has been a vital tool in aiding the decision process during this network rationalisation. It has been used to review the layout and design of the consolidation centres.  It is envisaged that the next stage will involve using CLASS simulation to further increase the operational efficiency of these sites.  I don't know how I managed in the past without Class. I use it on a very regular basis now."

"The product is now very easy-to-use and with a strong level of visual impact. The Animation Sequence Manager is an excellent way to integrate the evidence of the modelling exercises within a presentation and generate confidence in the decisions that can then be made."

"CLASS has proved to be an excellent change management tool, helping us forecast the warehouse and MHE changes we will need to undertake to achieve best fit with our future business. Flexibility is key in our marketplace and CLASS means that we can implement change in our warehouse operation regularly, quickly and before a future requirement becomes a present crisis."

"While we have a good deal of warehouse management experience in-house, the advantage of employing CLASS, is that we are able to test and verify our ideas in a risk-free, virtual environment on an on-going basis as our business strategy changes to meet market demands."

"The global license enables us to share the benefits of CLASS with other parts of our Organisation. We find CLASS significantly easier and quicker to use than any other type of design system and it is also very successful in demonstrating proposed warehouse layouts or flow through scenarios on screen - helping audiences understand our proposals, feel reassured about the approach to on-going change and showing that we understand their requirements."

"If we had attempted to tackle this project manually, it would have taken considerably longer. As importantly, we could only have run some trials once we had gone live and we would simply not have been as well prepared. Furthermore, CLASS can simulate all the activities at once which is the only way to really understand the impact of one part of the operation on another."

"CLASS allows us to examine a range of options for each new development or service enhancement we are considering without impacting on-going operations. Now we can fully understand cost and service implications before we make decisions and can undertake operational change or capital investment with the confidence that this is the best approach to driving forward our business goals."