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JA Sedlak
Project Support
Project Management Support
From conceptual design to successful implementation, we’ve been supporting businesses like yours for over six decades.
Success Stories
DC Design for Pharmaceutical Network
Coming in under budget, we met one client’s standards for capital return on investment by creating a new distribution center operations model which was replicated network-wide. This enabled the client to handle large volumes, accept late-day customer orders for next morning delivery, and achieve higher overall throughput with fewer facilities, all while maintaining customer service levels.
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Distribution Automation for Northern Tool
Sedlak provided project management from initial concept planning through start-up, assisted in planning and implementation of improved operational methods and practices, developed facility layout to improve flows and optimize use of space throughout current and expanded facility and facilitated conversion of warehouse transactions to the new Manhattan WMS.
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Distribution Center Design for Chick-fil-A
We performed a data analysis, conceptual evaluation, ROI estimations, layout design, budget development, and preparation of RFP documents for potential suppliers.
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DC Expansion & Automation for Buyers
Buyers enlisted Sedlak to conduct two separate, related efforts to optimize operations/fulfillment and free up manufacturing space that was being consumed by DC operations.
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Supply Chain Strategy for Vitacost
Our client, Vitacost.com, an e-commerce company that sells vitamins and supplements, had a west facility not performing as expected. Not only did we deliver an improvement plan for their west facility, but we offered a project management plan, including a timeline, budget and vendor for their Midwest facility as well.
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LEED Certified Distribution for VF
Sedlak and VF have been trusted partners since 1960. We have completed 33 projects for them over the last sixty years.
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ERP/WMS Solution for Optimal
Sedlak assisted in the requirements development, cost and benefit evaluation, vendor selection and implementation project management of a new ERP/WMS system for The Palm Tree Group, now Optimal. Our team managed the successful, on-time and on-budget implementation of Palm Tree Group’s entire information support systems, including full integration, volume, stress testing and user acceptance testing prior to readiness assessment and go-live.
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Project Management – Pharmaceutical DCs
Coming in under budget, we met one client’s standards for capital return on investment by creating a new distribution center operations model which was replicated network-wide. This enabled the client to handle large volumes, accept late-day customer orders for next morning delivery and achieve higher overall throughput with fewer facilities, all while maintaining customer service levels.
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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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Automated DCs for DSW
More than a Decade of Projects: New Automation & Systems, Brownfield Facilities, and Uninterrupted Operations
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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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Why does a company seek help from an outside consulting firm? Usually the reasons are simple: they lack the manpower, bandwidth and/or skillset needed to complete their projects.
Over a quarter of the way into 2021, supply chains are still reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies have been reviewing ways to sustain and even improve business moving forward, especially when it comes to transportation.
So far, Sedlak and several of our clients have been experiencing the effects of the “New Normal” on the supply chain and taking steps to mitigate them. Three of these migitation steps include (1) strategy, (2) project activities & communications, and (3) operational design.
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Automating Warehouses and Distribution Centers to Reduce Your Dependence on Labor
Today’s growth in e-commerce fulfillment is converging with record full employment levels and a diminishing skilled labor workforce. As a result, retailers, wholesalers, and industrial distributors are looking for creative ways to reduce their dependence on labor. This situation has spurred a renewed interest in warehouse automation and robotics and the systems that drive these solutions.
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