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| • Operations Performance Upgrade Implementing measures to improve cost, speed, quality and throughput. More • Facility Design (or Redesign) for Optimal Logistics Optimizing labor, space, material handling equipment and technology. More • Warehouse Distribution Center Facility Retrofit Expanding, adapting, growing – without starting from scratch. More • Problem-Solving for the Material Handling System Getting back on track with solutions that work. More • DC Checkup and RX Providing operational alternatives and answers for DC redirection. More • Integrated Warehouse Solution Getting your system hitting on all cylinders. More |
• Operations Performance Upgrade Implementing measures to improve cost, speed, quality and throughput. |
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It takes a village to optimize a company’s warehouse operations. What we mean is, it’s a lot easier to set and reach productivity goals, meet customer service metrics and improve capacity when your warehouse team has the unqualified support of the company’s marketing, finance, logistics, and customer service people as well. The Progress Group has learned from experience that the best results occur when a plan is conceptualized, developed, implemented, and tested by all the people who have a stake in the results. Our facilitation of this process, supported by “best practices” measures developed and tested on similar projects for companies all over the world, can help you set targets and follow through on them for real and achievable operations improvements. For more information, contact: Drew Hale, 404-876-3435, dhale@theprogressgroup.com. CASE STUDY |
| • Facility Design (or Redesign) for Optimal Logistics Optimizing labor, space, material handling equipment and technology. |
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Do your facilities support your company’s mission – as it defines it today? Too often, facility resources fail to keep up with an enterprise’s goals. Today’s climate demands material handling systems that allow you to be productive in both slow periods and peaks. It also demands flexible facility layouts and equipment plans that can be easily altered as requirements change. At The Progress Group, we believe that facility design must be right for today and tomorrow, must be aligned with the business mission, and must be integrated with information systems. We can help you get it right by making sure that your facility is in sync with your current mission and your long-range business plans. This detailed plan uses your own order data, product activity, inventory, and receipt data to profile the business, identify needed technological upgrades and position your warehouse to become a key contributor to your ROI. For more information, contact: Drew Hale, 404-876-3435, dhale@theprogressgroup.com. CASE STUDY |
| • Warehouse Distribution Center Facility Retrofit Expanding, adapting, growing – without starting from scratch. |
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Nowhere is the pain of change more apparent than in the distribution center. Today’s smaller orders, higher volumes, shorter delivery cycles, added services, changing supplier networks, and shifting markets can easily exhaust the capabilities of DCs that used to work just fine. And, while abandoning the old facility for a spanking new one may seem appealing, to do so may not be your most sound business option in light of the risks and disruptions of relocation. For this reason, many of our clients choose retrofitting as an option when they outgrow the capacities or capabilities of their warehouse infrastructures. Taking this route can prolong a facility’s useful life and help retain a trained and productive workforce. In fact, involvement in the upgrade process can often lead to a new commitment to continuous improvement among a warehouse’s operations staff. The Progress Group has extensive experience in designing and managing warehouse retrofit projects. We can help you get an outdated facility ready for tomorrow’s demands and practices. By critically evaluating order, product, inventory and receipt data profiles, we develop the right layout, storage and handling equipment plans, processes, and systems enhancements. We’ll salvage what’s working well and add the needed improvements– while keeping an eye on cost-effective moves that deliver the most bang for the buck. For more information, contact: Drew Hale, 404-876-3435, dhale@theprogressgroup.com. CASE STUDY |
| • Problem-Solving for the Material Handling System Getting back on track with solutions that work. |
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There are literally hundreds of different causes for the underperformance of a material handling system. When yours fails to meet its designed throughput productivity and accuracy objectives, it can be difficult to know where to start looking for the reason why. It could be a failure in the design, the equipment, the information system, the people, or the changing conditions. Often, the problem is a result of combined factors. Now for the good news: there’s almost always a way to construct and implement a recovery plan. The Progress Group has demonstrated that material-handling operations can be turned around, off-track projects can be righted, and sub-performing operations can improve. We have helped more than one operation go from worst to first, and we can help yours. For more information, contact: Drew Hale, 404-876-3435, dhale@theprogressgroup.com. |
| • DC Checkup and RX Providing alternatives and answers for redirection or new requirements. |
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When Warehouse Distribution Centers are operating with processes that were put into place for yesteryear’s customers and demands, things can go wrong. The first step in fixing them is to take a fresh look at what the appropriate process, material handling and storage equipment and layout, information systems, and technology should be. The second step is to roll up our sleeves and figure out what can be salvaged, what to replace, how to organize, what will it cost and where’s the return on investment. The Progress Group has helped many companies explore their alternatives in getting to a workable and productive solution for meeting changes in the mission or the demands on the DC. Whether it’s the business demand, the volumes, changing product mix, value added service requirements, or other changes, we can provide good direction and do it quickly. For more information, contact: Drew Hale, 404-876-3435, dhale@theprogressgroup.com. |
| • Integrated Warehouse Solution Getting your system hitting on all cylinders. |
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The problem with piecemeal fixes for the components of a warehouse system is that, once you plug one leak in the dam, another one opens up. The most effective way to upgrade your warehousing system is to put it all on the table and reevaluate each component and how they work together. Your current systems infrastructure, IT resources, internal culture/ability to absorb change, resource mix, long-term systems strategy, and the degree of complexity of integration are all part of the picture and should be closely scrutinized. This way, you can make informed decisions about the right level of systems support with the right partners. The Progress Group’s experience in both material handling systems and WMS, the integration of process, equipment, and information systems makes us uniquely qualified to help you develop and implement the integrated warehouse solution that will produce for you now and carry you into the future. For more information, contact: Drew Hale, 404-876-3435, dhale@theprogressgroup.com. |
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