Tag: supply chain

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….

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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….

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Tariff Compensation

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….

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Actionable KPIs

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….

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Cost Parity

Achieving Reshoring Cost Parity

Reshoring is gaining momentum, but achieving cost parity remains a challenge. Our concise guide outlines key strategies for minimizing upfront investment and achieving production cost targets in domestic operations….

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Reshoring

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….

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Strategic Sourcing

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….

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Supplier Diversification

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….

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Labs & Pharma

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. …

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