Supply chain management

Our client is a leading North American manufacturer of injection molded plastic products for the food packaging, bulk, environmental and material handling industries. Their mastery of the science of plastics combined with an impressive production capacity ensure performance and consistency of production part after part, even in the most complex projects. Since 1939, our client has offered a wide range of varied solutions or in tailor-made product development. The organization has more than 2,000 employees at manufacturing plants in Canada and the US.

Following a strategic acquisition in a US state, our client has invested in a project to increase their production capacity by more than 100% to serve local customers (Walmart, Home Depot and others). In parallel with this significant investment in production capacity, the organization had to set up a logistics organization to cope with this growth.

Development of a logistics master plan (4 months):

• Evaluate in detail the current operations of the distribution center in order to define the context, constraints and operational issues;
• Lead and manage the reflection affecting the growth of the company in terms of products, sales and inventory rotations and define the objectives to be achieved;
• Perform an assessment of the center's current performance and operational management tools;
• Develop development scenarios, applicable technologies, productivity levels, budgets and the challenges of achieving each of these scenarios;
• Carry out a logistics master plan and present the results to management for decision;

Interim management for the implementation of the master plan (8 months):

• Identify and put in place a GCL project manager with full responsibility for logistics operations;
• Set up an organizational chart identified in the logistics master plan;
• Diagnosis of team skills and recruitment of competent resources;
• Creation of operational logistics committees and participation in the company's management committee;
• Negotiation of a 3PL contract for transfer, storage, order preparation and shipment to customers;
• Budget management and financial control;
• Customer service management and logistics performance;
• Participation in the identification of the new manager (research, interviews, recommendations, on boarding)

• The establishment of a new US logistics structure;
• The hiring and training of a new logistics manager;
• Establishment of performance objectives;