Success in logistics and supply chain management, perhaps more than in any other business functions, lies in the details.  There are seldom “silver bullets” that drive radical improvements overnight.  Most often, solutions are constructed from a myriad of process, people, and technology changes that must be coordinated and synchronized to deliver comprehensive and sustainable results.

Experience, insight and good common sense

Anyone can cite research studies and quote industry data – and even apply their “proprietary” systems to your operations.  But, those might not take you as far as you’d think.  At The Progress Group, we’ve been there – and back – with the battle scars to prove it.  Our down-to-earth approaches provide new perspectives and new tools to create new visions, solve the tough problems – and implement them – to get your business where it needs to be.  That’s what we do.

We do more than just give advice.
We make things happen so our clients make progress.

We are proud to have helped great companies achieve breakthrough results.

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Logistics and Supply Chain Consulting

The plain facts are that anyone who’s been around as long as we have, with our extraordinarily experienced talent base should be able to deliver real-world solutions throughout the supply chain and all its functions – from strategic to tactical, and from planning through operations.  And, we can.

Reality is that a consulting firm, to be truly special, has to have core areas of what the Customer Relationship people call “special magic,” those strengths, skills, and achievements that set them apart – the places where they’ve had the most success, and the most satisfied clients.  Unlike those who might claim a couple of dozen ‘special” strengths. for The Progress Group, three elements stand out: Cost Reduction Services, Consumer-Direct Industry Services, and Logistics Project Management Services.

We are all painfully aware of the renewed interest in broad and comprehensive approaches to reducing costs throughout the supply chain – even throughout the organization – in a difficult economy.  But, the imperative to get more out of what we have, to leverage the capacity of facilities, to drive up throughput, to reduce overhead and eliminate non-value-added activity is always a critical component of effective supply chain management. 

We are premier cost reduction specialists.  Learn how our broad functional knowledge, comprehensive organizational perspective, deep industry knowledge, purpose-built tool sets, and time/cost-effective engineering talent can unearth savings that you can’t find with traditional approaches.For case studies, and more, Click here.

Whether a stand-alone business or a parallel distribution channel for a bricks-and-mortar retailer, consumer-direct poses special challenges.  Characterized by staggering peak-to-valley ratios, high returns percentages, fluid workforces, and customer demand for absolute accuracy in the pick/pack/ship processes, this industry vertical defies simple solutions, one size fits all techniques, and easy implementation.  Over the years, The Progress Group has learned how to get it right – and keep it right - in consumer direct.  Click here to learn more about our approaches and successes.

For us, the PMO concept goes way beyond the administrative minutia of project management.  That’s what makes us so successful at it.  Sure, it’s important to manage timelines and resources.  But, what we’re really about is project management for results – making sure that things happen, that results are achieved, and that once in place, they stay in place.  Our combination of no-nonsense management and effective leverage of client resources to accomplish this drives outcomes that surpass expectations. Click here to learn more.

If you are interested in seeing more about what else we are capable of, in delivering solutions throughout the supply chain, please Click here.