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JA Sedlak
Material Handling Solutions
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Success Stories
Warehouse Optimization for Orvis
We helped Orvis achieve faster pick / pack times, reducing cost-per-unit (CPU), shortened warehouse to customer delivery times, reduced dependency on labor year round and especially during Q4 peak season, and incentivized labor performance above engineered standards.
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Bringing McCormick Distribution In-House
McCormick hired Sedlak to bring distribution operations in-house from two different 3PL providers. They also engaged with Sedlak to resolve capacity issues in their distribution network.
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Improved Material Handling for Costco
Sedlak used a combination of on-site operational flow observations, management interviews and data analysis to gain an understanding of Costco's operation. We incorporated an interactive and collaborative approach among the COSTCO team.
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3PL Analysis for Lulu’s
Sedlak developed a master blueprint for our client’s retail boutique operations based on a five-year business plan. We designed a new network model to improve processes and product flow and supported all recommended options by a capital investment and ROI evaluation.
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Distribution Network Redesign for Academic Healthcare Institution
Sedlak made recommendations to our client, one of the largest academic institutions in the U.S., specializing in advanced biomedical research and graduate-level education in healthcare and the life sciences, which were projected to achieve or $1 million in operating cost savings.
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Optimizing Last Mile Delivery for Academic Healthcare Institution
Sedlak's analyses and recommendations for our client, a large academic institution, dramatically reduced their need for new transportation vehicles and delayed the necessary capital expenditure for the smaller number of vehicles that were eventually required.
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Transportaion Analysis for Fresh Mark, Inc.
Sedlak provided FreshMark, a subsidiary of Sugardale Foods, with an optimal equipment concept and layout to reduce product touches and related labor costs. We also identified additional improvement opportunities to consider with the development of a master campus plan to balance efficiencies across functions and locations.
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Robotic System at Crocs
We have worked on multiple initiatives for Crocs and continue to do so today. From Increased efficiency in retail and wholesale processing efficiency through use of a bomb-bay sorter to the outfitting of a pop up facility to handle a large growth in ecommerce demand, we continue to be a valued trusted partner of Crocs.
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DC Expansion and Retrofit for Knitwell Group
Sedlak and Knitwell Group, formerly Ascena Retail Group, have a trusted business relationship that starts but does not end with our conversion of their retail replenishment facility in Greencastle, IN, to ecommerce fulfillment for multiple brands currently being serviced out of five 3PLs.
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Sedlak maintains relationships with a number of key suppliers, which include integrators, third party logistics providers, and providers of material handling equipment and storage media, information technology, robotics, real estate, and construction. We work with these suppliers in order to keep our staff abreast of vendor capabilities, product offerings, industry news, and to obtain competitive […]
Automation is rapidly becoming essential, not optional, in addressing today’s supply chain challenges. While the main focus of automation has always been on optimizing the picking function, where the majority of labor is required, there are opportunities to utilize AMRs and other automation technologies to improve performance throughout an operation, including replenishment, Value Added Services […]
Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) have been around for decades, but only in recent years have they become a viable, effective solution for supply chains. Over the last 10-15 years there have been significant changes in the capabilities of AGV offerings.
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White Paper
Bring Goods to the Worker: What You Should Know About Goods-to-Person Fulfillment
Distribution executives are increasingly looking for more efficient solutions to minimize wasted time between picks and increase the number of orders processed per person. Not surprisingly, many of them are embracing a goods-to-person fulfillment approach to achieve higher efficiencies.
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