From the field · Freeze-dried meals, nutrition and outdoor gear
Scaling up without surprises.
Pablo GasnierBusiness Development Director, Lyophilise & Co
More than 700 freeze-dried meals, around thirty brands and 80% of the business online. Pablo Gasnier and Sébastien Coché explain how myFulfillment runs purchasing and logistics at Lyophilise & Co.
Lyophilise & Co is 15 years old. The Lorient-based company sells freeze-dried meals for the outdoors: first used mostly by sailors, they have since found their way into hiking, exploration and sports. The catalog now holds more than 700 freeze-dried meals from around thirty brands, along with sports nutrition and hiking gear, and 80% of the business is done online. For two years, myFulfillment has run purchasing and logistics; going live took less than a month.
- SKUs
- ≈ 2,500 including more than 700 freeze-dried meals
- Warehouse
- ≈ 800 m²
- Parcels a year
- ≈ 50,000
- Parcels a day in peak season
- Up to 800
Choosing BMS · Before signing
Deploy fast, on PrestaShop.
Lyophilise & Co wanted a tool that integrated directly with PrestaShop and could go live very quickly.
“We were looking for responsiveness and a fast rollout. At the time, we needed to deploy a solution very quickly, and you were the most responsive.”
Direct integration with PrestaShop was an essential criterion, alongside responsiveness and speed of implementation. Going live took less than a month, setup included, and both the logistics and purchasing teams picked up the tool quickly.
Why Lyophilise & Co chose Boostmyshop
The product journey
From receiving to shipping.
The Lorient warehouse is new. Deliveries are received supplier by supplier, and products are stored by brand in fixed locations with overstock right above. Orders are picked with carts, packed, then handed over to carriers in the shipping area. myFulfillment handles purchasing, inventory, picking and shipping.
01 / Receiving
Supplier by supplier
Deliveries are received supplier by supplier. Gear is scanned; food, delivered on large pallets, is counted by the carton, and the team enters the quantities based on the case pack.
“Soon our supply planner will be working right here on site, so they’ll have the full picture of what physically comes in.”
Once entered and validated in myFulfillment, the goods receipt goes to purchasing and accounting.
02 / Storage
One brand, one place
“With a brand, all its products are in the same place, so it’s easier. And the brand’s overstock is often right above, in the pallet racking.”
Each brand has fixed locations on the shelving. The pallets at the end of each aisle hold stock waiting to be put away.
When the team moved into the warehouse, they first placed brands according to sales volume. Storing by brand keeps the work simple: everyone knows where to find a product.
Watch Sébastien explain storage by brand
03 / Picking
With a cart and a paper list
Pickers set off with multi-tote carts and a paper pick list. Waves are organized by carrier priority.
Each cart carries six to eight totes. At the end of the run, it goes to packing, where someone else packs: picking and packing are never done by the same person, summer or winter.
04 / Packing
At the packing station
“Even in winter, one person always does the picking and another the packing.”
The packing stations share one area next to the shipping area, and more of them open in peak season.
- 1
Scan
Each product in the order is scanned at the station.
- 2
Box
Products go into a box and are cushioned, usually with kraft paper.
- 3
Weigh
Every parcel is weighed on the station’s scale before it leaves.
- 4
Label
The carrier label is printed; for Schenker, it prints automatically.
123405 / Shipping
Where the parcels leave
Sébastien sees it as one of the most important parts of the operation. Chronopost parcels leave on pallets, Colissimo parcels in bins, and the carriers collect them on site.
Step into the shipping area
With BMS · Day to day
A partner close at hand, a stable system.
Pablo estimates the tool covers about 90% of the company’s needs; for the rest, the team knows it can call on Boostmyshop.
“The relationship is healthy, and it works well. It matters to us to have a partner who stays close and can meet our needs.”
A partner close at hand
Their special cases, handled in myFulfillment
- Custom bundles
Several products in a custom-made box: each bundle is a kit in myFulfillment, with its own EAN code and no custom development.
- The Lorient store
Stock moves from the warehouse to the store through stock transfers.
- Returns
Return labels are generated automatically.
- The PrestaShop catalog
Purchase prices and EAN codes are sent from myFulfillment to PrestaShop.
“I think the software will keep up with our growing volumes and our different functional needs.”
Your turn
What if your next peak season went by without surprises?
Think back to your last peak season: which step slowed the warehouse down, from supplier receiving to carrier pickup?
That specific case gives the Boostmyshop team a more useful starting point than a list of features.
Thank you to Pablo Gasnier, Sébastien Coché and the Lyophilise & Co team for welcoming us to Lorient and opening the doors of their warehouse.