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Optimizing FortuneGlobal 200 Company's Inbound Network Brings Massive Supply-Chain Savings

Challenge: The client, a Fortune Global 200 company, had gone through restructuring and wanted support in identifying supply chain savings opportunities. Miebach was tasked with creating a conceptual plan that would generate savings of $25MM per year.

Industrial Supplier Superstore Keeps Next-Day Promise with Distribution Center Redesign

Challenge: Our client made a bold promise to its customers. Order any of its 600,000 products from its vast super store of industrial supplies by 8:00 pm EST, and get next day delivery. But with more than 2 million square feet of warehouse space and the highest SKU count in the industry, keeping that promise was a challenge.

Large Oilfield Services Provider Gains Supply-Chain Efficiency in Latin America

Challenge: As our client's Latin American business expanded throughout the years, focus and resources were allocated to areas vital to the development of the core business. This left the Supply Chain and Logistics areas in need of support and technical resources.

CPG Company Applies 'Lean Principles' - Trims Processes, Gains $85K

Challenge: Our client, a consumer packaged goods company, had struggled to incorporate a holistic view of its manufacturing and distribution capabilities. In 2009, the client partnered with LeanCor to help it start applying lean principles in efforts to make product when and where needed.

Auto Manufacturer Regains Control of After-Market Parts in Asia

Challenge: Auto Manufacturer loses track of high-value Asia-made after-market parts going to dealers, despite routing through consolidators.

TMS Solution Provides 16% Up-Front Transportation Savings with Business Intelligence

Challenge: Having just landed a large account of their own, our client needed to address several transportation pain points in preparation of their anticipated increase in business. Our team of logistics experts was brought in to help address these issues.

US-Based Transportation & Distribution Plan Helps Canadian Company Thrive

Challenge: We worked with a Canadian client that wanted to sub-contract their US distribution operations to reduce operating costs but more importantly to allow them to focus on the core business as a manufacturer.

Big-Name Brewery Masters Complexities of the Beer Market in India

Challenge: The beer market in India is highly regulated in the form of multiple taxes and duties while transporting beer across provinces. One of the largest breweries in the world, was skeptical that any kind of network design or route planning would be beneficial. Many top tier consulting firms failed to prove so.

Doing it Right: New Warehouse Shines with 'Best Practice' Build

Challenge: Our client was expanding to an additional 120,000 square foot facility and needed assistance with facility layout & design of the newly secured warehouse space.

4PL Gives Rail Transport Equipment Leader 100% Reliability, 50% Savings

Challenge: A worldwide leader in rail transportation equipment hired us to manage the entire supply chain process. The client chose us, a 4th Party Logistics (4PL) provider over 3PL service providers because of our unique advantages - a single point of contact for the entire supply chain, more agile in responding to market changes, and being independent of assets to be able to select only the best service providers for the client.

It Pays (Big!) to Have Spend Management on Your Side

Challenge: This national educational materials company suspected they weren't getting the best parcel shipping rates that they could and turned to Insource Spend Management Group to help recover revenue and cut costs. The company had negotiated their own parcel shipping contracts with a leading worldwide 3PL in the past, and after 30 years thought they were getting the best rates they could on their own.

Major Food Company Gains Increased Lab Efficiency with CentralizedData:

Challenge: Celsis Rapid Detection provides systems that enable companies to more rapidly test and release safe products to market. One leading food products company uses three Celsis instruments in its microbiology lab to test daily production runs.

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