For Unpredictable Demand Across Wide SKU Base
Flexible replenishment models—leveraging historical data, real-time analytics, and demand variability—enable companies to maintain service levels without tying up working capital in excess inventory. We help our client partners build tailored, data-driven replenishment processes that boost both efficiency and customer satisfaction….
Reducing Annualized Material Costs
Kormac recently partnered with a global distributor of engineered components to address inefficiencies across its supply chain. We jointly achieved 20% reduction in annualized material costs, 18% reduction in working capital inventory, and 50% improvement in customer fill rate….
Focus On What You Can Control
Market disruption and policy changes can feel paralyzing, but we urge our client partners to focus on what is within their control to maximize operational plan attainment, resilience, and sustainability. Kormac helps clients swiftly adapt to changing conditions. We’re pleased to share this quick guide to cost management and tariff compensation strategies….
Meaningful Metrics for Operational Accountability
Kormac recently developed and installed performance-focused KPI dashboards while enhancing a client partner’s supply chain. The resulting insights are driving powerful problem-solving and behavior changes, improving inventory efficiency, and reducing COGS….
In Private Equity Value Creation Planning
During focused Value Creation with our private equity partners, our shared success is rooted in collaboration, clarity, and highly granular accountability. This exacting approach has consistently delivered superior returns for our PE partners….
10 Years of Friendship & Partnership
As we celebrate the holidays, Kormac is especially grateful to one client partner who has been with us every step of the way: Oceaneering. We recently sat down with Oceaneering’s CEO, Rod Larson, to reminisce and thank him for his steadfast trust and partnership….
Small, Expert Teams Achieve More
In partnership with our clients, we make their organizations more efficient, effective, profitable, and resilient. The secret to our shared success is talent. Our consultants bring an average of 33 years of experience and have previously served as CEO, President, SVP, VP, and GM at leading organizations worldwide….
Leadership from Prototype to Production
During a period of transition, a global engineering company turned to Kormac for interim operational leadership. We provided a proven Operations Director with 30 years of industry experience to support our client partner as they navigated the journey from prototype to full-scale production….
Facility Moves, Expansions, & Transitions
The “Reshoring Renaissance” is picking up steam! Several of Kormac’s manufacturing client partners have asked for our assistance in supporting greenfield and brownfield U.S. plant expansions. Around the world, conditions are accelerating shifts toward localized, more controllable manufacturing and supply chains….
Category Management
We recently partnered with a leading industrial components provider to reduce costs by developing and institutionalizing a rigorous Strategic Sourcing process. In the first spend category, we immediately revealed a 13% to 16% cost reduction opportunity. We’ll soon address major spend categories representing 40% of our client’s annual COGS….
Engaging Employees for Sustainability
Lasting change starts from within. That’s why our change management approach harnesses the collective wisdom of front-line employees. To ensure our projects have “no bystanders or victims,” we seek employee input and participation every step of the way….
Design for Manufacturing
858 parts. 145 suppliers. 1 mission: Dramatically cut costs. A global tech company turned to Kormac for assistance in reducing unit costs on a new electrical systems product. Through Design for Manufacturing assessments and strategic sourcing, we reduced materials cost by $53K per unit and achieved a 33% reduction in total unit cost….
Automotive, Chemical, and Industrial Sectors
Kormac is pleased to welcome Steve Henderson to our team! His diverse manufacturing career spans leadership roles at Leggett & Platt, Dow, and Essex Specialty Products. Steve will support client relationships and value delivery across the Automotive, Chemical, and Industrial sectors….
Process Definition & Documentation
A leading distributor of industrial fasteners and components turned to Kormac to standardize and document their Quote-to-Cash processes. Developed as dynamic tools, the collaboratively developed materials are improving clarity and efficiency across the organization. As one employee put it, “This makes our life so much easier!”…
Global Supply Chain
From China+1 to “friendshoring,” supplier diversification is hot. Tariff talk and geopolitical tensions are prompting plans for greater geographic supply diversification. We enjoy helping our client partners build secure, flexible, and adaptable supply chains suited for our increasingly complex global business environment….
Contract Manufacturing of Autonomous Vehicle
After completing a yearlong manufacturing readiness and nearshore production transfer of an autonomous industrial vehicle, our clients had only wonderful things to say: “Amazing job … Fantastic … In awe of the knowledge, composure, credibility, and competence … ”…
Welcome Patrick Hastings!
Kormac is pleased to welcome Patrick Hastings to our team! His leadership career spans roles at Labcorp, Eli Lilly, Mossberg Labs, Bayer Healthcare, and Merck & Co ., with deep expertise in lab and pharmaceutical operations, manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain. …
Supplier Development Program (SDP)
Many of our client partners are turning to their supply base for collaborative performance improvements. Formalizing a Supplier Development Program can transform transactional relationships into strategic partnerships delivering outsized mutual benefit….
Achieved Elusive Inventory Management Target
Kormac helped a foundry maintenance operation establish critical KPIs and a sustainable maintenance system
Life’s too short for toxicity.
![Nearshoring to Mexico Nearshoring: ¡Vamos a México! Driven by federal incentives, geopolitical risk, and pandemic aftershocks, restoring and nearshoring continue apace. [Screenshots of various article titles about restoring and México] Kormac's senior operational experts have diverse experience designing, launching, and operating manufacturing facilities south of the border](https://kormacgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Mexico.jpg "Mexico")
Nearshoring: ¡Vamos a México!
CNBC State of Freight: What the latest warehouse data is signaling about inflation and the economy
Inventory Reduction Precision
“Boomers are (finally) retiring. That could reshape the economy for decades.”
![Interim Leadership Transforming a Plant as Interim GM When an integrated contract manufacturer lost its GM, Kormac provided a skilled interim leader Client Gratitude: Farewell messages to Kormac GM from dozens of plant employees [overlayed on top of image of the letters] On site for 10 months, our interim GM dramatically improved plant performance and morale](https://kormacgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/interim-leadership.png "interim-leadership")
Transforming a Plant as Interim GM
Good People Doing Good Work
Reduced manpower requirements by 33%, cut warehouse overtime, and optimized off-site storage locations
Geopolitics Drive Nearshoring & Reshoring
Resource Whiplash: From Ferocious “Battle for Talent” to Hasty Job cuts
![Recession Resilience Fortifying for an Uncertain Future Doomsday talk is everywhere, but businesses that cultivate resilience are positioned to thrive in good times and bad [Screenshots of various news article titles about recessions and the economy] Optimized SIOP extends the horizon of forecast accuracy to minimize risk, increase agility, and improve execution in any business climate.](https://kormacgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/resession-resilience.jpg "resession-resilience")
Fortifying for an Uncertain Future
Maximizing Throughput and Flow
![Cost Management Rebalancing the margin tug-of-war Does your organization struggle to achieve financial goals in an increasingly volatile marketplace? [iconography of two teams playing tug of war, with the target margin in the middle. Text above the image reads "Kormac Rebalancing"] Cost Pressures: Labor, Materials, Logistics, Real estate, Technolgy Market Pressures: Pricing, service delivery, quality, lead time, social responsibility Kormac's Surgival Strike Methodology™ delivers the agility you need to meet your financial objectivers.](https://kormacgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/cost-management.jpg "cost-management")
Rebalancing the margin tug-of-war
Maximizing On-Time Delivery
Evaluating Options for Underperforming Organizations
Lean as Resource Liberator
Addressed $11.1 MM+ overage in raw material components and $5.6 MM+ overage in finished goods inventory
SIOP: Advanced Planning Delivers Agility and Responsiveness
Reduced airfreight costs by 43% ($47 MM) with increased component visibility
Seeking ‘Gigafactory’ Plant Manager
A variety of Interconnected trends and disruptors are shaping this recovery
Facility Consolidation Best Practices
Fast, Cost-Effective Product Delivery
![Executive Opportunity Seeking S&OP Leader Opportunity: Associate Director, Sales & Operations Planning, Covance by Labcorp Build and implement a world-class Sales & Operations Planning process across the enterprise to improve customer satisfaction, profitability, inventory turns, lead times, quality and resource planning. [Covance by Labcorp logo appears on the bottom of the image]](https://kormacgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/executive-opportunity.jpg "executive-opportunity")
Seeking S&OP Leader
Calling all world-class S&OP executives! Covance by Labcorp, a leading global life sciences company and friend of The Kormac Group, is seeking candidates for an Associate Director of Sales & Operations Planning role.
Contact Kormac at +1.704.266.3555 for more information…
Unlock Hidden Potential
We’re Growing & Seeking Top Talent
Uncertainty: A Liberating Force
Actively Seeking Small A&D Acquisition Opportunities
Virtual Ideation Workshops
Securing Commitment
Prove Your Mettle
Qualify the Need
Establish Credibility
Start by Listening
Employee voices, votes, vision
![Orange County Chapter A & D Forum Private Equity Strategy for Navigating the A&D Market in 2021 Panel Recap [Photograph of airplane taking off] BOB Search Est. 1979 The Aerospace and defense executive search firm](https://kormacgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/A_and_D.jpg "A_and_D")
from Komac CEO Stan Gwizdak
Delighting Goldilocks
Our Spirit of Service
Checklist for Remote Consulting Engagement Success
from Chuck Davison, COO of Oceaneering
New Rules (Same as the Old Rules)
![Automation Acceleration The pandemic has drastically altered tech implementation timelines from just one year ago [contents of an inlaid graph start here] Timeline for acquiring new automation tech (2019); Survey of warehouse managers - 23% already have - 8% have, looking to upgrade - 10% within 12 months - 21% 1 to 3 years - 8% 3 to 5 years - 3% over 5 years - 26% not looking [end contents of inlaid graph] Rapid, results-driven implementation to lower costs, increase throughput, and deepened value chain insights](https://kormacgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/automation-acceleration.jpg "automation-acceleration")
The pandemic has dramatically altered tech implementation timelines from just one year ago
from the director of a publicly traded offshore energy company
Embrace “outsider voices”
Transformed B2B warehouse to support rapid B2C delivery
