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Supply chain management services provided by our consulting firm in Chicago, Illinois, requires a change from traditional storage focused warehousing. Instead, there needs to be a distribution or product flow focus in a network system. Troubleshooting your supply chain by reviewing a composite of strategies, assets, technologies and management capabilities, we are able to manage your inventory in motion across multiple supply networks. We do this by using a network strategy to execute efficient demand planning and manufacturing by leveraging transportation processes.
Transportation Management
This offering provides our shipper clients with access to specialized skills in transportation with emphasis on incorporating many of the transportation processes as part of the overall supply chain. These transportation functional processes support an end-to-end integrated supply chain management solution. Transportation management ensures that the right product is delivered to the right customer, at the right time, with the right equipment, for the right price with enhanced delivery service at the best cost.
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Warehouse Design and Operation
Distribution and warehouse operations deal with cost-effectively coordinating the movement of materials in sufficient quantities from manufacturing to storage, and then from storage centers to on-time and as-needed delivery. Distribution operations typically account for the largest segment of assets in the supply chain and the second largest segment of cost.
Factors such as postponement, cross-docking, increased customer demands for accuracy, speed, value-added services, and flexibility, are causing traditional warehouses to evolve into integrated distribution centers. We help clients design and implement their physical distribution infrastructure, including detailed design inside the four walls while helping them address changes in their environment.
Technology Solutions
Helping you determine if your organization has or can employ enabling technologies, our transportation consulting firm offers IT solutions that include reviews of legacy systems, asset management, order management, and inventory management, along with many other modules. We are able to better determine your integration capabilities so you have the option of choosing the ideal system to meet your business needs.
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