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Article: Plant transitions to a DPS hub: Northlake facility expands distribution and increases SKUs.(Plant Focus)
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- Beverage Industry
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- July 1, 2009
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DR PEPPER SNAPPLE GROUP HAS 24 PRODUCTION PLANTS IN THE UNITED States and Mexico, and more than 200 distribution centers. Unique to the Texas-based soft drink company, however, is its hybrid system of distribution. Approximately 40 percent of its distribution is through its company-owned DSD system, 40 percent is through third-party distributors, 10 percent is warehouse direct and 10 percent is foodservice.
The company's Northlake, Ill., facility is part of its company-owned operations, and is transitioning to become one of its five hub-and-spoke supply chain sites. That will enable the company to not only produce products, but also deliver them quicker to the ...