Tag: Logistics

Some robots never deliver. A global electronics manufacturer was scaling fast, and automation vendors were making big promises. But not every robot pays for itself. They needed objective expertise to separate substance from spin.

Warehouse Robotics

Clarify ROI Before Investing Capital

Automation vendors love to sell the dream. But not every robot earns its keep. Kormac spent two weeks on the ground in Asia helping a global electronics manufacturer validate their warehouse automation options and find the right fit….

What type of organization requires a highly flexible replenishment model? - Intermittent or "long tail" demand across a wide SKU base - Sporadic, unstable, or highly variable order patterns - Non-repeating or project based demand cycles - Extensive assortments of slow-moving or specialized SKUs Opportunity Indicators: low inventory turns, poor OTIF, stockouts, delays, and lost sales

Flexible Replenishment Models

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….

Enhanced demand management, supply chain, and collaboration

Category Management

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….

Distribution leadership. Opportunity knocks! Home door hardware and securitization company seeks leader for national distribution center Location: Dallas, TX Salary: $150K+

Distribution Leadership

Opportunity Knocks!

A leading door hardware company is seeking candidates to lead its national distribution center in Dallas, Texas….

Manufacturing Facilities Optimization: Detailed Plant Scenarios and Modeling - Reduced manpoower requirements by 33%, cut warehouse overtime, and optimized off-site storage locations

Manufacturing Facilities Optimization: Detailed Plant Scenarios and Modeling

Reduced manpower requirements by 33%, cut warehouse overtime, and optimized off-site storage locations

As US manufacturers consider reshoring, they’re often prompted to reevaluate the configuration of existing facilities, including storage. We help such leaders develop detailed plant scenarios and models to guide recommendations on combining, consolidating, redesigning, and/or automating plants, including estimated costs and savings for each scenario. To follow is a chemical...
Assembly Magazine. October 19, 2022 by Harry Moser Geopolitical Forces Drive Record-Breaking Reshoring

Reshoring

Geopolitics Drive Nearshoring & Reshoring

“Geopolitical risk and the advantages of domestic manufacturing are motivating more and more companies to move production back to the U.S., driving job announcements to record-breaking highs.” Assembly Magazine’s October assessment reflects our own experience: reshoring’s proximity to end-use customers provides compelling relief from logistical issues, risks, and costs. Kormac...
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.

Cost Management

Rebalancing the margin tug-of-war

As the labor and supply cost rollercoaster continues, we are working with several clients to identify new management levers. Among them: Increasing the frequency of cost reviews to ensure faster customer price adjustments and/or tying customer pricing to component market indices Executing Value Analysis and Value Engineering efforts to drive...
Global Manufacturing Supplier Visibility and Planning - Reduced airfreight costs by 43% ($47MM) with increased component visibility

Global Manufacturing: Supplier Visibility and Planning

Reduced airfreight costs by 43% ($47 MM) with increased component visibility

Continuing our discussion of current supply shortages and bottlenecks, Kormac excels at helping clients cultivate supply visibility and reliability amidst challenging conditions. For example, a global manufacturer of vehicle seats sought to maintain 100% OTIF (On-Time and In-Full order fulfillment rate) but suffered from inadequate visibility to component suppliers’ capacity...
Heavy Outdoor Equipment in front of a sunset. Photo by WORKSITE Ltd. on Unsplash

Heavy Equipment

Order Backlogs & Supplier Availability

Temporary supply shortages are making economic headlines as drivers of inflation and order backlogs. Kormac addressed the same uneven supply availability during the last recovery. One of our clients, a global Oil & Gas heavy equipment manufacturer, lost critical suppliers when the 2008 economic crisis drove many small machine shops...