Analytics Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)- Transportation Management Systems (TMS).

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Do you have a “gut feel” for company performance and struggle to provide real-time reports to confirm your perception? Many organizations with an abundance of data have been unsuccessful in transforming data into actionable information for real-time decision making. As a result, reliance on perceived performance can obscure opportunities.

We've supported many companies to objectively assess their current performance in areas of strategic and operational initiatives. We are confident in our abilities to discover hidden opportunities to reduce errors, optimize capital expenditures, generate labor and cost-savings.

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Analytics Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)- Transportation Management Systems (TMS).

Benefits of Business Analytics

Real-time Decisions

Readily available reports with real-time and accurate data

Reporting for instant performance assessment
Focused energy on downward trends
Visual displays for instant assessment

Discover Hidden Opportunities

Analyze data to identify areas for performance improvement

Baseline data of current performance
Identify manual entries impacting data integrity
Project future performance baseline
Trend strategic areas for gaps / inconsistencies.

Strategic Initiative Alignment and Justification

Evaluate aspirations, requirements and return on investment

Quantify investment, return and timeline
Pros / Cons for strategic initiatives
Build vs. Buy systems evaluation
Facility / Resource costs analysis

Key Performance Indicators

Performance at or above industry standards for a competitive edge

Identify and monitor KPIs for consistent performance
Organizational KPI engagement for strategic alignment

Operational Excellence

Analyze facility, maintenance, labor and transportation for cost-savings

Analyze labor productivity to maximize efficiency
Identify and implement best practice
Peer-to-Peer network performance dashboard.
Visibility to control ROI

Analytics Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) - (TMS).

Project Application Expertise

Business Analytics Examples

As noted in our applications below, we are committed to a partnership that will provide our clients with strategic focus and operational excellence.

Build vs. Buy analysis of Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Transportation Management Systems (TMS). Created request for information (RFI) of all desirable functionality, worked with both internal and external business partners to implement the solutions (WMS - in-house build; TMS - SaaS implementation).
Analyzed, developed and managed a cross-functional team of approx. 30 senior IT associates and business partners to renumber over 50K SKUs (95% of all SKUs), exceeding 1.5M units, impacting 10k associates, customers, clients and systems, in 92 WHSs and 2 DCs. Received recognition for “breaking the code” and “taking the lead” in reference to the analysis and contributions on the project and supporting documentation.
Analyzed and implemented >$1.3 million in annual cost-savings in projects relating to energy savings, improving operations efficiencies and effectiveness by reconfiguring over 700K square feet of space, decommissioning 2 existing facilities, and decommissioning the DHL North American Operations in Wilmington, OH.
Analyzed, presented and educated senior leaders from global and national business units on US distribution and warehouse operations for application and adoption of best practices across Belron global business units (20 countries).
Analyzed and implemented a $750K operations process improvement for increased efficiencies by rezoning the pick modules.
Analyzed and provided KPI metrics for DHL North America Global Metrics Scorecard, consisting of productivity, revenue, hours worked, inventory control and safety.
Developed a Freight Strategy with projected savings exceeding $8M annually, advising senior leadership and officers of the company. Received full support from the company President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Developed a migration plan used to lead cross-functional teams to migrate WMS systems back from a 3PL to our in-house WMS for 4 network DCs.
Designed and deployed an in-house LMS with annual savings >$1M, tracking individual productivity for >350 employees in >75 labor activities (both direct and indirect). Productivity data and reports are used to monitor performance and reward top performers.

30 plus years supporting companies to objectively assess their current performance in areas of strategic and operational initiatives.