MWPVL International Manufacturing Distribution Consulting Experience

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Manufacturing Logistics Consulting Projects

Beverage

• Evaluation of multiple automation vendors and automated material handling systems for a mega production facility to be operational in Saudi Arabia in 2014.  Solutions evaluated include High Bay Warehouse (45m) ASRS cranes with dual pallet handling capability;  stacker cranes with satellite shuttles for automated deep pallet storage; multi-level shuttle technology for high bay storage; overhead monorail systems; floor-mounted inverted monorail systems; automatic laser-guided vehicle systems; powered pallet conveyor systems, and automated truck loading systems.
• Development of detailed facility layout options for handling of raw materials and packaging supplies.
• Development of detailed specifications and RFP documents for mobile equipment and automated laser guided vehicle systems. 
• Participation in the evaluation and selection for automation vendors.
• Complete implementation services including the development of equipment specifications and bid tender documents, shop floor CAD drawings, and participation in an international project involving multiple automation and engineering companies from different countries.

Food

• Designed a major distribution center expansion and reset of existing space to enable an outdated storage  facility to expand from 75,000 to 150,000 square feet of world class distribution space to support a doubling of the company's business revenue.

Industrial Supplies

• Distribution network strategy for 10 years for a global manufacturer of industrial supplies.  Study evaluated multiple facility location options for logistics operations to support domestic and global operations.  Five facility design options were provided to enable realistic capital investment requirements for each option.
• Detailed design of a new 35,000 square foot logistics center for national distribution to support six sigma and lean manufacturing operations
• Complete implementation services including the development of equipment specifications and bid tender documents, shop floor CAD drawings, and participation in vendor evaluation process.

Industrial Supplies

• Operational assessment to improve packing and shipping operations at a production plant in Paramus, NJ.

Ventilation

• Distribution network strategy for a leading manufacturer of chimney ventilation products to evaluate the addition of a new facility and a change in the role of existing facilities.
• Detailed operational assessment of distribution operations at three of the company's existing distribution operations in the United States and Canada.

Tobacco

• Design of  multiple warehouse layout options to support the storage and handling of raw materials and packaging supplies for a tobacco 500,000 sq. ft. manufacturing plant located in Chicago, IL.

Health Care

• Design of  a 60,000 sq. ft. automated distribution facility expansion with 11 different layout options depicting automated storage and case handling for raw materials, packaging supplies and finished goods up to 44’ clear stacking height.
• Options included the use of very narrow aisle turret trucks, span track selection racks, and the latest in automated case picking technologies using multiple ASRS mini-load case extractor machines that enable cases to be stored 4-deep and then automatically extracted / picked with no human intervention.
• Facility expansion design enabled 8 years of growth by positioning production operations for delayed product packaging operations on 3 levels of mezzanine positioned over the main receiving / shipping dock.

Food

• Distribution center design  study involving the design of 8 different warehouse rack and aisle layout options for a campus of 4 production / warehouse buildings for a soup mix manufacturer in New Jersey.
• The project involved a warehouse expansion and reset of existing space in order to support the company's growth objectives.  Proposed material handling systems included the use of Bendi very narrow aisle trucks combined with 2-deep, 3-deep and 4-deep push back racking systems to maximize storage capacity and labor efficiency.
• A subsequent project provided multiple facility layout options for a food-grade production plant/warehouse in Las Vegas, NV.

Food

• Extensive distribution operations assessment study performed for one of the largest food manufacturing companies in the world. Assessment involved two mixing centers totaling 2,100,000 sq. ft. to identify the operating expense savings associated with replacing a legacy Warehouse Management System (WMS) with a new best-of-breed application.
• Recommendations to improve labor efficiency through multiple warehouse layout and material handling changes.

Food

• Distribution network strategy study to evaluate the consolidation of multiple plant warehouses and distribution shipping facilities into a single state-of-the-art multi-temperature distribution center.
• Distribution center design and master site planning for a new state-of-the-art 300,000 sq. ft. multi-temperature distribution center.
• Detailed economic evaluation and bid tendering for the 3PL outsourcing of distribution operations.

Meat

• Distribution operations assessment of a fresh / frozen meat production facility / distribution facility in Ontario to assess opportunities for improvement.

Food

• Strategic evaluation of a distribution center expansion for a 750,000 sq. ft. facility servicing fresh and frozen food to Western Canada. 
• Evaluation of multiple automated material handling system handling options.

Food

• Distribution center design and master site planning for a new 80,000 sq. ft. expansion of an existing frozen food distribution center in Calgary including the evaluation of automated material handling systems.

Food

• Distribution center design and master site planning for a reset spice production facility in Little Ferry, NJ.

Meat

• Distribution center design and master site planning for multiple plant-warehouse expansion options to handle projected increases in shipping volumes.

Food

• Distribution center design and master site planning for a distribution center expansion to provide increased storage capacity to handle future growth projections.

Musical Instruments

• Supply chain strategy study to optimize global distribution operations that includes product sourcing from Peru, Thailand, Taiwan and India for a Canadian-based manufacturer of musical instruments.
• Study evaluated the relocation, consolidation and expansion of distribution operations to reduce operating expenses and to increase service levels to target customers.

Pharmaceuticals

• Distribution network strategy study to enable the consolidation of multiple third party distribution centers into a consolidated facility.
• Distribution center design and master site planning for a reset distribution center to enable consolidation.
• Implementation of facility changeover.

Packaging Manufacturing

• Distribution operations assessment to evaluate options to reduce the manufacturing plant’s reliance on 150,000 sq. ft. of outside storage space to store raw materials, finished goods and printing cylinders for a major manufacturer of food-grade packaging materials based in Morristown, TN.

Office Supplies / Paper

• Supply chain strategy study to evaluate a 3PL outsourcing strategy for commodity product lines to enable a significant reduction in distribution infrastructure.

Beverage

• Distribution center design and master site planning for multiple options to reconfigure a NY-based wine distribution center and distribution network to enable the consolidation of multiple shipping operations and to reduce overall logistics expenses.

Paint

• Strategic operations assessment of customer markets and service levels throughout England, Scotland, France, Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, and Finland.