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Product output & reliability on the rise for fashion fabric designer

Challenge: Due to the volume of concurrent orders, our client, a designer and producer of fashion fabrics was finding it difficult to continue managing its planning and scheduling manually, which had historically been its mode of operating. It needed to implement platform that could offer a solution to the current problem and manage further business growth.

Technology Company Streamlines Global Trade with Amber Road

Challenge: With 19,000 employees and operations in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Africa and Middle East, the company had nine different trade management systems and suffered from poor coordination and consistent policy implementation. They needed a truly global integrated import / export trade compliance solution to support our high volume transactions.

Auto Components Supplier Goes Lean with RFID

Challenge: A major manufacturing facility sought to automate the receiving of parts from 160 suppliers daily. This facility needed a new solution to decrease bar code scanning time, to reduce inventory inaccuracies caused by late shipping notices and human error, and to enable the company to track and better manage its 80,000 shipping containers.

Traceability Solution for Farm Cooperative

Challenge: To remain competitive, our client, a farmer-owned cooperative, sought to bring compliance methods to its members. For traceability, farms had been taping paper labels on palettes, and in some cases, handwriting lot numbers in spiral notebooks. Our client needed modern traceability measures that were easy for farmers to learn and use without slowing them down.

Beer Distributor Increases Field Efficiency and Reduces Costs

Challenge: A major beer distributor was looking to increase field efficiency and accelerate order input. Its legacy route accounting package and old green screen hardware limited its drivers' ability to provide customer service at the point of delivery and hindered communication between sales representatives and the main office.

Network Technology Manufacturer Achieves Best-in-Class Supply Chain Execution

Challenge: A leader in networking technology, this customer guarantees repair and replacement of failed hardware within 24-hours. Warehousing and transportation are not this company's core competencies, so fulfilling that promise was a challenge.

Commercial Brake Manufacturer Achieves $8 Million Reduction in Operation Costs

Challenge: Faced with rapid growth, increasing supply chain complexity and rising transportation and distribution costs, this commercial brake manufacturer wanted to increase efficiency and visibility and wring excess costs from its supply chain.

Implementing Collaborative Managed Inventory for Shelf Level Visibility Drives Value

Challenge: A major drug chain retailer needed to reduce inventory by over 30% without increasing out-of-stocks. The OTC supplier was interested in increasing visibility on downstream sales & inventory performance, while improving SLAs, and planning for future retailer integration needs.

Kenco Facilitates Seamless implementation of RedPrairie Across Distribution Network

Challenge: A major manufacturer in the healthcare industry needed to transition its multi-site network from an outdated, manual system to a state-of-the-art tier 1 warehouse, labor and transportation management system (RedPrairie) to effectively compete.

Penske Logistics drives down customer costs with technology and expertise

Challenge: A leading auto parts manufacturer in North America was forecasting significant production volume increases for two facilities in Mexico. Inbound shipments to the locations included domestic Mexico and U.S. supplier pickups, border crossings and line-haul to their Mexico facilities. They needed to minimize costs without impacting service levels.

Managing a Seasonal Hazardous Material Surge

Challenge: Dunavant Logistics Group (DLG) was engaged to build domestic truckload capacity for a $2 billion chemical manufacturer client. A seasonal volume spike required DLG to increase capacity for hazardous materials (HAZMAT) freight. Additionally, all shipments were going to locations in Texas, a state with an imbalance in inbound supply and outbound demand.

Integrated Modules Meet Today's GTM Functionality Needs, Allow for Tomorrow's Growth

Challenge: A multi-division home products company using spreadsheets to manage import, export and FTZ operations struggled with compliance. Its structure, extensive product lines and multiple manufacturing locales required one solution that could maintain divisional separation but produce comprehensive reporting; provide global visibility; and deliver intelligence to inform sourcing and logistics decisions.

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