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Logistics Operations Group, LLC warehousing / manufacturing and distribution services are geared to be effective, efficient and competitively priced. We understand the pressures small and medium size business face and provide personalized, flexible services to meet the performance and budgetary needs of their distribution operations. The following are a few examples of the services we provide. Our team can customize these, and other types of services to your organizational needs.
Our supply chain services are focused on the following goals:
Our supply chain services include:
For more information please e-mail (Tom Boersma): This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (cell) (678) 622-4486
Warehouse Design & Operational Process Improvement Cost Reduction
Want to reduce your warehouse operational costs and improve employee efficiencies? Logistics Operations Group’s warehouse design - process improvement & cost reduction assessments really do work. Currently 60% of our time is spent delivering these assessments for clients. The cost is minimal when compared to the paybacks in:
Can you identify your company in the statements below:-
All too often we see buildings that have racking and forklift trucks in place, but the materials flows & controls are poor and there is no visibility on the floor. Lets be honest the cost of running warehouses these days takes a fair amount of funding from our sales margins. Not to mention the high cost of people and the cost of processing & picking customer orders.
Can you identify any of the issues below in your business and warehouse operations?
How about a 140 point SWOT Analysis ? This will take only 5 days to complete.
1. Poor warehouse layout & design?
2. Warehouse process flows are not well defined and therefore the
warehouse looks cluttered and un-organized?
3. High cost of Inventories?
4. Computer systems not having WMS functionality?
5. Poor stock and location controls -Can't find stock for customer orders?
6. Picking productivity poor which are driving additional labor costs?
7. Regularly needing overtime to meet customer orders?
8. Stock loss is an everyday occurrence?
9. Poor people productivity?
10. No visible floor controls for Input and output product flows?
11. Do you need "Value Stream Mapping" of your processes ?
12. Could your team use a class in Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing
and Lean Supply Chain ?
13. Need to tweak your Sales & Marketing Plan ?
14. Need to modify your Business Plan ?
15. Do you want to combine one facility into another ?
16. No documented SOP's
17. No KPi's / metrics
18. Slow receipt processing time resulting in the necessity for high
inventory carrying cost through the supply chain ?
19. Too much "tribal knowledge" resulting in poor customer satifaction and
higher errors ?
20. I teach a 10 hour OSHA Forklift Drivers class.
21. Cluttered inbound docks ?
22. Trailers parked in the parking lot full with inbound merchadise ?
23. Conjested aisles ?
24. Excessive order pick times
25. Partially picked orders ?
Inventory Management
Inventory Management and Inventory Control must be designed to meet the dictates of the marketplace and support the company's strategic plan. The many changes in market demand, new opportunities due to worldwide marketing, global sourcing of materials, and new manufacturing technology, means many companies need to change their Inventory Management approach and change the process for Inventory Control.
Despite the many changes that companies go through, the basic principles of Inventory Management and Inventory Control remain the same. Some of the new approaches and techniques are wrapped in new terminology, but the underlying principles for accomplishing good Inventory Management and Inventory activities have not changed.
The Inventory Management system and the Inventory Control Process provides information to efficiently manage the flow of materials, effectively utilize people and equipment, coordinate internal activities, and communicate with customers. Inventory Management and the activities of Inventory Control do not make decisions or manage operations; they provide the information to Managers who make more accurate and timely decisions to manage their operations.
Productivity Balanced Scorecard
Obviously measuring personal productivity is important, and the reasons why are obvious. If you do not know how your staff is doing, then how can you truly know the inner workings of your own company? Staff discontent can put your company in serious jeopardy, while on the other hand, high staff productivity can be your best company asset.
But without measuring these two extremes, and which way your staff might be moving towards them, how will you ever know? Not knowing your company's inner workings should never be a part of the way you do business. Decisions that are made towards sales, whether buying or selling, are also impacted by your company's staff.
If your finances are declining because high labor costs are causing a drain on savings that could be used for making important company purchases, you would be unaware, without actually measuring, which areas need the improvement. On the other hand, if you do measure your staff's productivity, then you will know, for example, which employees should be rewarded, for high performance levels, that are saving your company money.
Benchmarking Warehouse Productivity and Costs
Research clearly demonstrates the value of benchmarking operations relative to like organizations. There is a demonstrated correlation between supply chain performance metrics and financial performance. According to SIX SIGMA PRACTICES, “if you can’t measure it, you are wasting your time.” At Logistics Operations Group, we assist/teach organizations in defining key performance indicators (KPi’s), capturing data, analyzing the data and planning actions to improve performance.
Bigger Savings For Your Big Picture Transportation
Is your business running at peak performance? Do your metrics and intuition tell you that you're losing sales because of your supply chain performance? Do you need to streamline your distribution network to become even more responsive to your customers? For real-world solutions that produce results, call upon our consulting experts. We'll help you choose from a vast array of services to target a specific facet of your supply chain or combine services for a complete supply chain redesign. Many of our customers have saved 5-10 percent in total logistics expenditures by engaging our network analysis, load and mode optimization, procurement strategies, and business process optimization service
Logistics Operations Group will:
Packaging
Ask us to discuss our costing approach to a packaging RFi / RFP.
If you’re a large, medium, or small business looking to lower your company’s packaging costs, then the Logistics Operations Group are the ideal solution. Utilizing customized services / Six Sigma practices can greatly reduce your company’s overhead expenditures by eliminating the extra labor, equipment, and storage costs required to manage all of your packaging needs yourself. Logistics Operations Group can provide state-of-the-art equipment ideas, experienced personnel, and outstanding customer service making you experts at meeting your business’s individual needs.
Fulfillment Solutions for Large and Small Companies
Logistics Operations Group differentiates itself from the competition by offering full-service fulfillment solutions that are specialized to meet the unique requirements of your industry’s needs. Whether you’re a local information technology company or a global producer of medical devices, we customize solutions and deliver a cost-effective and streamlined process for all aspects of your business.
Fulfillment solutions from Logistics Operations Group can provide your business with the following:
Operations Audits
Operational issues exists in every organization, everyday. Are established policies and procedures being adhered to? How can our operational processes be improved? It is the role of the management staff to identify, correct, and avoid those risks that could potentially prevent the business from achieving it financial and operational goals. Our experienced staff can help improve operational effectiveness and profitability while reducing issues associated with your warehousing and distribution operations. Logistics Operations Group will assist you with our 140 point audit overview program.
Our supply chain services are focused on the following goals:
- Maximize profit through reduced operational costs
- Increase quality-Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma practices/TRAINING
- Improve service, delivery and throughput
Our supply chain services include:
For more information please e-mail (Tom Boersma): This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call (cell) (678) 622-4486
Warehouse Design & Operational Process Improvement Cost Reduction
Want to reduce your warehouse operational costs and improve employee efficiencies? Logistics Operations Group’s warehouse design - process improvement & cost reduction assessments really do work. Currently 60% of our time is spent delivering these assessments for clients. The cost is minimal when compared to the paybacks in:
- Improved employee efficiencies
- Reduced operational costs by having improved warehouse layouts, inbound and outbound flows
- Reduced Inventories
- Increased storage capacities
- Reduced lead-Times
Can you identify your company in the statements below:-
All too often we see buildings that have racking and forklift trucks in place, but the materials flows & controls are poor and there is no visibility on the floor. Lets be honest the cost of running warehouses these days takes a fair amount of funding from our sales margins. Not to mention the high cost of people and the cost of processing & picking customer orders.
Can you identify any of the issues below in your business and warehouse operations?
How about a 140 point SWOT Analysis ? This will take only 5 days to complete.
1. Poor warehouse layout & design?
2. Warehouse process flows are not well defined and therefore the
warehouse looks cluttered and un-organized?
3. High cost of Inventories?
4. Computer systems not having WMS functionality?
5. Poor stock and location controls -Can't find stock for customer orders?
6. Picking productivity poor which are driving additional labor costs?
7. Regularly needing overtime to meet customer orders?
8. Stock loss is an everyday occurrence?
9. Poor people productivity?
10. No visible floor controls for Input and output product flows?
11. Do you need "Value Stream Mapping" of your processes ?
12. Could your team use a class in Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing
and Lean Supply Chain ?
13. Need to tweak your Sales & Marketing Plan ?
14. Need to modify your Business Plan ?
15. Do you want to combine one facility into another ?
16. No documented SOP's
17. No KPi's / metrics
18. Slow receipt processing time resulting in the necessity for high
inventory carrying cost through the supply chain ?
19. Too much "tribal knowledge" resulting in poor customer satifaction and
higher errors ?
20. I teach a 10 hour OSHA Forklift Drivers class.
21. Cluttered inbound docks ?
22. Trailers parked in the parking lot full with inbound merchadise ?
23. Conjested aisles ?
24. Excessive order pick times
25. Partially picked orders ?
These are just a few of the issues that many operations suffer, we can fix all these and many others that you will not have noticed, but are contributing to:-
- High cost of operations.
- Poor use of space.
- High cost of stock levels.
- High resource levels needed to sustain customer order shipments.
Inventory Management
Inventory Management and Inventory Control must be designed to meet the dictates of the marketplace and support the company's strategic plan. The many changes in market demand, new opportunities due to worldwide marketing, global sourcing of materials, and new manufacturing technology, means many companies need to change their Inventory Management approach and change the process for Inventory Control.
Despite the many changes that companies go through, the basic principles of Inventory Management and Inventory Control remain the same. Some of the new approaches and techniques are wrapped in new terminology, but the underlying principles for accomplishing good Inventory Management and Inventory activities have not changed.
The Inventory Management system and the Inventory Control Process provides information to efficiently manage the flow of materials, effectively utilize people and equipment, coordinate internal activities, and communicate with customers. Inventory Management and the activities of Inventory Control do not make decisions or manage operations; they provide the information to Managers who make more accurate and timely decisions to manage their operations.
Productivity Balanced Scorecard
Obviously measuring personal productivity is important, and the reasons why are obvious. If you do not know how your staff is doing, then how can you truly know the inner workings of your own company? Staff discontent can put your company in serious jeopardy, while on the other hand, high staff productivity can be your best company asset.
But without measuring these two extremes, and which way your staff might be moving towards them, how will you ever know? Not knowing your company's inner workings should never be a part of the way you do business. Decisions that are made towards sales, whether buying or selling, are also impacted by your company's staff.
If your finances are declining because high labor costs are causing a drain on savings that could be used for making important company purchases, you would be unaware, without actually measuring, which areas need the improvement. On the other hand, if you do measure your staff's productivity, then you will know, for example, which employees should be rewarded, for high performance levels, that are saving your company money.
Benchmarking Warehouse Productivity and Costs
Research clearly demonstrates the value of benchmarking operations relative to like organizations. There is a demonstrated correlation between supply chain performance metrics and financial performance. According to SIX SIGMA PRACTICES, “if you can’t measure it, you are wasting your time.” At Logistics Operations Group, we assist/teach organizations in defining key performance indicators (KPi’s), capturing data, analyzing the data and planning actions to improve performance.
Bigger Savings For Your Big Picture Transportation
Is your business running at peak performance? Do your metrics and intuition tell you that you're losing sales because of your supply chain performance? Do you need to streamline your distribution network to become even more responsive to your customers? For real-world solutions that produce results, call upon our consulting experts. We'll help you choose from a vast array of services to target a specific facet of your supply chain or combine services for a complete supply chain redesign. Many of our customers have saved 5-10 percent in total logistics expenditures by engaging our network analysis, load and mode optimization, procurement strategies, and business process optimization service
Logistics Operations Group will:
- Identify business process gaps and opportunities for improvement
- Transform targeted business processes using advanced change management methodologies
- Analyze your distribution network and design the most cost effective network that also improves responsiveness to your customers
- Employ transportation buying strategies to bring added control to your transportation spend
- Employ optimization software and techniques to maximize equipment use every time and minimize transportation expenditures
- Conduct operational audits and integrate improvements in standards and technology
Packaging
Ask us to discuss our costing approach to a packaging RFi / RFP.
If you’re a large, medium, or small business looking to lower your company’s packaging costs, then the Logistics Operations Group are the ideal solution. Utilizing customized services / Six Sigma practices can greatly reduce your company’s overhead expenditures by eliminating the extra labor, equipment, and storage costs required to manage all of your packaging needs yourself. Logistics Operations Group can provide state-of-the-art equipment ideas, experienced personnel, and outstanding customer service making you experts at meeting your business’s individual needs.
Fulfillment Solutions for Large and Small Companies
Logistics Operations Group differentiates itself from the competition by offering full-service fulfillment solutions that are specialized to meet the unique requirements of your industry’s needs. Whether you’re a local information technology company or a global producer of medical devices, we customize solutions and deliver a cost-effective and streamlined process for all aspects of your business.
Fulfillment solutions from Logistics Operations Group can provide your business with the following:
- A turnkey e-commerce solution – with the use of our e-commerce software, we can create a functional web site design that makes buying and selling goods online an efficient and hassle-free process
- A turnkey business solution – we offer a full range of fulfillment solutions that can lower your company’s overhead costs and allocate more time for you to focus on improving your business’s core strengths
- A turnkey internet business solution – our “glass house” concept allows you to view your business’s entire inventory, orders, and shipments from anywhere in the world using a web-based order management system
Operations Audits
Operational issues exists in every organization, everyday. Are established policies and procedures being adhered to? How can our operational processes be improved? It is the role of the management staff to identify, correct, and avoid those risks that could potentially prevent the business from achieving it financial and operational goals. Our experienced staff can help improve operational effectiveness and profitability while reducing issues associated with your warehousing and distribution operations. Logistics Operations Group will assist you with our 140 point audit overview program.
We are independent business consultants and do not represent any manufacturing, software development, distribution, or installation service providers.
Logistics Operations Group, LLC
Consultants
Corporate Offices
609 Villa Estates Lane
Woodstock, GA 30189
PH: 678-622-4486
Fax: 770-924-3093
Consultants
Corporate Offices
609 Villa Estates Lane
Woodstock, GA 30189
PH: 678-622-4486
Fax: 770-924-3093
