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Bruce A. Strahan

 bstrahan@theprogressgroup.com
770-804-9920
President and CEO

25+ years as a consultant

14 years as a director and senior manager with the SysteCon division of Coopers & Lybrand

Has directed over 100 strategy and operations improvement engagements
 Category expertise:
 Supply Chain Strategy & Design
Manufacturing & Distribution Process Planning
Client experience:
Ford
 Baxter Healthcare
 Ingram Micro
 Tech Data
 Murray

Specializing in:

  • Logistics and supply chain strategy
  • Operations improvement
  • Facilities planning
  • Customer service improvement
  • Facility network strategies
  • Logistics outsourcing
  • Tactical projects operations, infrastructure, inventory, and transportation cost reduction
Project accomplishments:
  • Long-term logistics network strategy for the $4 billion U.S. service parts network of a Big 3 automotive company.

  • Supply chain redesign and implementation engagement for a Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC) company involving maintenance and provisioning materials that resulted in significant outsourcing of procurement and logistics functions and a $80 million capital cost avoidance from redeploying high-value field inventories.

  • Led the logistics component of an engagement to develop a company-wide supply chain management strategy for a major food manufacturing company.
Published articles:
Articles by Bruce Strahan have appeared in Modern Material Handling, Transportation and Distribution, and Material Handling Engineering
Industry leadership:
Bruce is frequent speaker on the subject of supply chain management, logistics and operations/facility design. He also co-produces Georgia Tech’s Supply Chain Short Course.
Education:
Rochester Institute of Technology
B.S., Industrial Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering

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