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| • Connecting the Dots with Real-Time Information Creating a logistics strategy using technology. More • Partnering in the Digital Age of Logistics Providing an objective framework for choosing your WMS provider. More • Staying Out of the Project ‘Dog House’: Implementing WMS products via proven methods & checkpoints. More • WMS Rescue: Custer should have called us. Helping companies whose projects have gotten off track. More • Tune Your Current WMS (& Avoid Having to Select Another) Using the capabilities already in your system to maximize performance. More |
• Connecting the Dots with Real-Time Information Creating a logistics strategy using technology. |
| The tools of the trade have come a long way. Today’s software gives you the ability to “see through the logistics pipeline.” And, while just about any industry technology can help in a Supply Chain or Logistics improvement project, getting the right one in place can make a competitive difference, enabling higher levels of performance. It’s all about planning, relationships, global visibility, quickest reaction times and streamlined business processes. We at The Progress Group have kept our fingers on the pulse of the logistics software marketplace since 1991. We have helped companies evaluate their options for in-house support vs. package and hybrid approaches. Here’s how it works: we take into consideration the unique and differentiating aspects of your business. Then we match them to software that will yield the highest payback and most effective use of your technology investment. For more information, contact: Bob Ouellette, 770-664-6891, rmo@theprogressgroup.com. |
| • Partnering in the Digital Age of Logistics Providing an objective framework for choosing your WMS provider. |
| How should you choose a WMS provider? The sharpest trade show booth? The cleverest ad? Deciding which one fits your business – now and tomorrow – is a big step and ought to be undertaken with great care. On the other hand, the decision must be taken in a timely manner to take advantage of competitive challenges and implement new strategies. The Progress Group can help, with a simple system for collecting vendor information and analyzing it to provide you with a framework for narrowing the list of alternatives & making a confident choice or recommendation. Like industry analysts, we regularly visit WMS vendors to assess the capabilities of their products. Over the years, we have refined our evaluation tools and learned what to watch for in matching companies with the providers that will be the best fit for their businesses. As a result, we’re uniquely qualified to help you select a WMS vendor -– and avoid vendors that aren’t likely to be the right match for your business. For more information, contact: Steve Mulaik, 770 438 8177, smulaik@theprogressgroup.com. CASE STUDY |
| • Staying Out of the Project ‘Dog House’: Implementing WMS products via proven methods & checkpoints. |
| How can you improve your odds of a successful implementation? The Progress Group’s implementation “road map” is designed to do just that, helping your team avoid missteps – and the costs and delays that can go along with them. Using check-points, tasks, activities and options, we help you keep your project and suppliers on track. With thorough project planning & scheduling, we help you plot a course for appropriate risk management and establish project metrics to make sure the team is in sync. How do we know these tactics will help you? We’ve been there. Each of our partner consultants has at least 10 years of experience in WMS. We understand functionality. We understand the “process of projects.” It’s our job, day in and day out, to help companies make these kinds of processes an integral part of achieving their ROI goals. For more information, contact: Bob Ouellette, 770 664 6891, rmo@theprogressgroup.com. |
| • WMS Rescue: Custer should have called us. Helping companies whose projects have gotten off track. |
| Nobody (unless, of course, they’re in sales) claims that logistics information systems software projects are easy. Every project team has to navigate through the complexities of corporate strategies, business process changes, and organizational change management of IT initiatives. In the process, project activities can get off-track and relationships can become strained or broken. Over the years, many companies have turned to The Progress Group to help rescue a logistics technology project that seems, for whatever reason, to be drifting in the wrong direction. Our team’s collective experience in managing technology projects give us the insight to quickly spot risk points and deviations from productive tasks or activities. Our senior people will work with your team to develop a revised plan and recommend the necessary resourcing to keep things on track. For more information, contact: Steve Mulaik, 770 438 8177, smulaik@theprogressgroup.com. |
| • Tune Your Current WMS (Avoid Having to Select Another) Using the capabilities already in your system to maximize performance. |
Most companies use only the basic capabilities of their WMS software. In fact, industry research shows that an average of only 10 to 20 % of the capabilities of WMS software systems ever become activated.
Understandably, getting up and running is most companies’ first priority. Yet, The Progress Group believes that almost every installed WMS holds overlooked potential for making warehouse operations more productive and efficient. We can show you how to get the most out of the WMS software you’ve implemented – in most cases, without additional software expenses. Some of these functions can be made operational almost immediately. Others are found by mining the operational data that resides in the application.We have helped companies take what they have to the next level by employing our knowledge of WMS best practices and crafting a unique vision for a client's warehousing system. For more information, contact: Steve Mulaik, 770 438 8177, smulaik@theprogressgroup.com. |
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