Paper—we use it in our daily lives. This is an important commodity that comes in many forms and functions. From plates, napkins, straws, stationary, toilet paper, paper towels, packaging, boxes, and more. As a society, we rely heavily on paper and pulp-based products. According to a January 2020 Marketing Analysis Report by Grandview Research, the […]
Background/Introduction SAS Automotive operates 20 plants around the world specializing in the assembly of components for motor vehicles. Founded in 1996, they specialize in creating customer specific modules for automobiles utilizing automated technology. Challenge SAS Automotive assembles the instrument panels for one of their customer’s vehicles. Once assembled, the consoles are shipped directly to the […]
Introduction The Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is the largest public education system in Michigan. The district is made up of 110 schools with roughly 50,000 students and 4,000 employees. The DPSCD mission: “To provide every student with a beneficial and rightful educational experience, preparing students to be career and college ready, and qualified […]
Everyone’s run into this problem—you can put Ikea furniture together, but you can’t take it apart and put it back together again. When the average American moves 11.4 times in their lifetime, it stands to reason that furniture is always easier to move when it’s been broken down. But what if you can’t do that? […]
CHALLENGE After a couple of tough years in the automotive industry many OEMs and tier suppliers found themselves in the position of having to close or idle manufacturing plants. For one particular OEM they were faced with the challenge of transitioning valuable assets from idled plants, but they needed inventory management experts who could easily […]
CHALLENGE A major automotive supplier was taking on additional business and needed to re-evaluate its logistics needs to meet the demands. They were running operations out of a distribution center in El Paso, Texas, while its new customers were located in the Detroit area, Ohio and Canada. Their objectives were to reduce inventory at the […]