Industry

Country

Supply Chain and Logistics Experience

Food

• Operations assessment of two mixing centers totaling 2,100,000 sq. ft. to identify the operating expense savings associated with replacing a legacy warehouse management system 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.
• Master site planning and design of a new state-of-the-art 300,000 sq. ft. distribution center.
• Detailed evaluation and bid tendering the outsourcing of distribution operations to a third party logistics firm.

Meat

• Operations assessment of a fresh meat production facility / distribution operation to assess opportunities for improvement.

Food

• Strategic evaluation of the expansion of a 750,000 sq. ft. distribution center servicing fresh and frozen merchandise to Western Canada.  Evaluation of multiple automation options.

Food

• Strategic master planning and design of an 80,000 sq. ft. expansion of an existing frozen food distribution center including the deployment of automated material handling systems.

Meat

• Strategic master planning and design of multiple plant-warehouse expansion options to handle projected increases in shipping volumes.

Food

• Strategic master planning and design of a distribution center expansion to provide increased storage capacity to handle future growth projections.

Pharmaceuticals

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

Packaging Manufacturing

• Operational and financial Assessment to evaluate options to eliminate or to reduce the plant’s reliance on 150,000 sq. ft. of outside storage space to store raw materials, finished goods and printing cylinders.

Office Supplies / Paper

• Distribution network strategy study to evaluate outsourcing the distribution of commodity product lines to a third party to enable a significant reduction in distribution facilities.

Beverage

• Strategic master planning of multiple options to reconfigure a wine distribution network and distribution center to enable consolidation of multiple shipping operations and to reduce overall logistics expenses.

Paint

• Strategic assessment of customer markets in England, Scotland, France, Germany and Austria.