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Client Retools Inventory Strategy and Reaps Profits Across Categories

Challenge: 105-location hardware store retailer identified $5 million in excess inventory and $2 million in missed sales.

Foodservice supplier saves 25% on data loggers while increasing visibility

Challenge: Client distribution of perishable products across approximately 150 retail stores in 35 states was creating challenges for receiving teams, who struggled to find and download data loggers when unloading trucks. Compliance failures resulted. For recovered devices, a time-consuming download process followed which also required outdated software.

Without a Minute to Spare: Time-Sensitive Deliveries Just Got Faster

Challenge: An international building solutions provider needed a better way to deliver concrete to building sites. Avoiding delays and interruptions was essential as concrete is highly perishable with a shelf life of just 90 minutes.

Returns Management SaaS Saves Retail Giant $4 Million Monthly

Challenge: A top-10 big-box retailer needed to consolidate returns processing and improve returns management, vendor returns consolidation and liquidation yield. They were sorting returns at more than 450 store locations, and sending single packages in small shipments to vendors receiving returns. The company wanted returns data visibility to aid forward-focused planning and warehouse management.

3PL Doubles Productivity With Robots to Fulfill Medical Supply Orders

Challenge: A leading 3PL, fulfilling D2C and D2B medical apparel and supplies, needed to increase efficiency as their client began processing more than three times their average order volume.

E-Commerce Company Cuts Order Fulfillment Time by 40%

Challenge: A European fulfillment company was looking to accelerate growth and improve accuracy, flexibility and proficiency in its operations. The company ships millions of packages to more than 250 customers around the world.

Fashion Retailer Halves Fulfillment Time With Omichannel Automation

Challenge: A multinational fast fashion retailer had separate warehouses for in-store and online fulfillment and was looking to implement an omnichannel model. The company needed to cater to inventory sub-classifications and associated business logic in picking; optimize its downstream operations; improve transportation efficiency; and reduce its dependency on a single warehouse management system (WMS).

The retailer relied solely on manual flow from inbound to outbound, and had no existing framework for opening new warehouses.

Distributor Scales Business by Integrating Warehouse Automaton Software

Challenge: A large distributor was rapidly growing its wholesale business and struggling to keep up with order fulfillment. A warehouse software system tied to six sub-systems was inefficient, difficult to maintain, and unable to scale.

Fast-Growing Fashion Brand Scales E-Commerce Fulfillment With Whiplash

Challenge: An online fashion retailer required flexibility to manage a growing and ever-changing SKU base with no margin for delay.

Global Manufacturer Cuts Costs, Improves 5S Organization With Seegrid AMRs

Challenge: A global manufacturer was focused on reallocating labor to reduce product damage and costs. Within its dynamic environment, it was crucial to adhere to safety protocols while improving reliability.

Remote Implementation: A Dose of the Right Medicine for B2B Pharmacy

Challenge: A high-profile customer needed fulfillment for over-the-counter pharmaceutical goods at a new e-commerce store on short notice. Requirements included robust inventory controls, multi-site scalability and fast WMS set up — with a hard "go live" of just 29 days.

LSP Saves Customer $1.5 Million a Year With Kinaxis Global Inbound Management

Challenge: A multinational oil and gas company relied on thousands of suppliers worldwide — including remote partners in Azerbaijan, Alaska and Angola — for time-critical materials. However, the company lacked adequate visibility and transportation management over it’s 60,000 purchase orders per year, resulting in incomplete deliveries, poor shipment-status insights and high administrative and process costs.

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