Case Studies

Feel free to review some of our accomplishments. We believe the same principles that were applied for these companies can add similar benefits (or better) to your organization.

Case Study #1

Client Overview

Motor Carrier operation in excess of 30 trucks & 60 trailers
100,000 square foot warehouse
Customer base of 500
2 major distribution centers

Business Challenges

High driver attrition
Outgrowing warehouse space
Highly manual process environment
Lack of Management capability
Poor customer relationship management

Benefits realized

Operation restored from annualized deficit (10%) to black line profit (3.5%)
$200,000 savings through fleet optimization
15% reduction in cost per unit processing through warehouse layout redesign
$82,000 through driver incentive program
100% increase in customer response rate through use of Freight Management System

Case Study #2

Client Overview

Video distribution business with over $2 billion annual revenues across 4 divisions.
Processes over 120 million units annually.
Over 5,500 sku's
3 major distribution centers

Business Challenges

High cost per unit processing
Poor inventory tracking capability
High resource utilization
Fragmented operations
Low use of capital equipment including automated sortation system.

Benefits realized

$300,000 through resource optimization
$300,000 through management reorganization
$200,000 optimizing sortation system
$400,000 through new Warehouse Management System

Case Study #3

Client Overview

Major international airline supply chain initiative in the aircraft maintenance division.
Over $80 million in inventory
Inventory in over 50 locations

Business Challenge

Cycle time in excess of 45 days
Inordinate amount of urgent part requirements based on aircraft out of service
High degree of inventory imbalance
Low level of collaboration between departments

Benefits

$1.5 million by increasing the amount of planned activities in aircraft maintenance reducing urgent parts requirements.
$500,000 by increasing planning activity for engineering orders and structural repairs.
$1.5 million by inventory balance
$3 million through aircraft engine contract negotiation