4 Developed a global transportation plan for a shoe manufacturer. Audited freight expenditures, analyzed contracts and uncovered nearly $750,000 in over charges. The new plan reduced the company's annual budget for air, ocean and intermodal transportation by over $2 million.

4 Analyzed the transportation and distribution processes in the supply chain for a major food retailer. Helped renegotiate ocean freight contracts that reduced transportation costs by nearly $500,000. Recommended changes that resulted in lowering the total costs by 10%.

MARKETING and SALES

4 Analyzed the sales and operational processes of a major regional LTL motor carrier. Recommended organizational, process and personnel changes that resulted in significant profit improvement through a more streamlined sales and operational system.

4 Evaluated and revised the processes of yield improvement for ocean, rail, intermodal and trucking companies. The ocean transportation company solution increased profitability three fold. The rail company solution resulted in reallocation of assets into the most profitable lanes and improved profit margins by 20%. The intermodal company increased their bottom line by over $1 million annually while reducing support staff by 20%. The trucking company's profit increased nearly $12 million in the first year.

PRICING

4 Developed a pricing process for an ocean transportation company that allowed the sales force to give precise quotes to customers on all door-to-door transportation products. Recommended changes that resulted in reduced customer response times and increased internal productivity with a smaller pricing staff.

DATA and SYSTEMS

4 Analyzed current software requirements, determined future process needs, reviewed potential Year 2000 impacts and recommended an integrated software solution for a trucking company. Developed a data warehouse to allow seven consolidated units to have a single normalized data source for all their decision-making and financial analyses.

"Our board of commissioners enthusiastically and unanimously accepted the marketing strategy we created. This was due in large part to your process and assistance. Thank you.î"

Jerry Bridges
Port of Oakland

"ThanksÝfor your assistance in providing us the process that has, and will continue to have, a positive impact on our company.ÝÝ We continue to develop the strategic planÝbut without your direction thoseÝefforts would not have been as effective.ÝÝ The benefits we achievedÝwill make a difference in the type of company we are becoming."

Dick Jackson
Road & Rail Services, Inc.

"Your responsiveness, creativity and thorough analysis were important contributions to advancing our competitive strategy."

Roger Lowther
USCO Logistics Inc.

James J. Urwin
Safeway Inc.

"Strategic Solutions used successful management skills to find the root cause of our problems and presented management with the corrective measures.

J. L. Joppe, Chairman
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