Creating an Efficient Consumer Direct  Process on a Budget

Company Information
Sports Endeavors, Inc./ Eurosport is the largest U.S. catalog/internet distributor of soccer and lacrosse equipment and apparel. It has mainatained a steady business growth and an impressive track record of self-sufficiency in facility and operations planning.

Business Problem

• Facility expansion plan to support doubling of business volume
• Increased use of flow-through special orders to support team business without large inventory requirements

TPG Challenge

• Lead client team in the development and evaluation of expansion and process options
• Review and revise processes to accommodate capacity increase and rapid growth of the team uniform business

Results

• Developed a process and facility layout to double business with only a 50% increase in space
• Redesign of pick face to reduce rebox effort at receiving and to simplify the replenishment process