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Operations Overhaul Reduces Distribution Costs by $280k - Delivery Standards Improved

Challenge: DiSanto and Associates overhauled and implemented "zone skip" and "cross docking" operation for our client, reducing distribution costs by $280k and improving delivery standards to both retail and consumer sector (ongoing savings).

Retailer Sees 100x ROI in One Year - Enjoys Company-Wide Improvements

Challenge: Our client wanted to improve the forecasting and delivery of sales support materials to their various customer-direct distribution and retail locations.

Home Improvement Company Saves $100M+ with New Multi-Channel Distribution Program

Challenge: Our Team first worked onsite with a Fortune 50 Home Improvement company. The Program team decided to convert Import (IDC) and Carton (CDC) Distribution Centers into combined Rapid and Stocking (RDC and SDC's) Distribution Centers converting 10 DC's over the course of 6 months.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A New Warehouse Management System

Aiming to specialize in the outdoor sports industry, ITS Logistics finds it essential to swap out its WMS, while simultaneously retooling key processes at two Nevada distribution centers.

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You Can't Be Successful in China Without an Online Presence

In the past two years, Chinese consumers have opened their wallets and pocketbooks online. Online buying and selling, including group purchasing (through the Chinese equivalents of Groupon), is the second-fastest-growing activity, after microblogging.

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