Sedlak associate: "I connected an editor to a client for a front-page story about his successful operation. Later that year, the magazine gave the company a national productivity achievement award."
"Someone once told me to choose vendors you can trust and then trust them. Sedlak brought to the table a level of professionalism and down-to-earth sensibility that earned our trust."

Robert Alderson
CEO and Director
Kirkland's

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Published Reports
Low-Cost Strategies to Help the DC Go Green and Save Green at the Same Time
2/2010
- Sedlak's Lou Cerny discusses green stategies in the February issue of DC Management

Does Your Software Need a Tune-Up
1/2010
- Sedlak's Lou Cerny is quoted in the January issue of DC Velocity

Disaster Planning for DC Operations
12/2009
- Sedlak's Lou Cerny is quoted in the December issue of DC Velocity

Equipment Buying Guide: Mezzanine Basics
5/2009
- Lou Cerny offers his advise on Mezzanine Implementation to Modern Materials Handling

All Roads Lead to Savings
3/2009
- There are many ways to save energy. Jump start the journey with these nine paths to efficiency.

100 Projects with Manhattan Associates
3/2009
- In 2008, Sedlak and Manhattan Associates completed their one hundredth mutual project
   

Sedlak Management Consultants announces alliance with Kiva Systems
1/2009
- Sedlak Management Consultants Teams with Kiva Systems to Deliver Game-Changing Order Fulfillment Systems

Order Picking Basics
10/2008
- Modern Materials Handling explores how to master order picking and improve how you get product out of your building and into your customer’s hands.

Get Your Site Into Shipping Shape This Season
10/2008
- eMarketingandCommerce.com (October 2008): According to eM+C, shipping incentives may be the best marketing tactic for direct-to-consumer retailers this holiday season.

Green…LEED…Carbon Footprints…Beyond the hype! Webcast available on-demand
6/2008
- This webcast will cover core objectives for environmental sustainability as they relate to your operations and those of your trading partners.

Time & Money: Web retailers are keeping their fulfillment costs down and profits up with more operating efficiency and cost control
2/2008
- InternetRetailer (February 2008): According to a survey by InternetRetailer, many web merchants now view fulfillment and shipping as a profit center.

AmerisourceBergen's Big Bang: 6 DCs, 3 Years
1/2008
- (Modern Materials Handling) Desire for double-digit growth motivated the merger of two pharmaceutical wholesalers. Then they needed a new distribution network--fast.

On the Move: In 50 Years, Sedlak Has Helped Improve a Half-Trillion Square Feet of Distribution Operations
1/2008
- (Inside Business) "In 50 years, Sedlak has helped improve a half-trillion square feet of distribution operations." A northeast Ohio business publication highlights Sedlak’s 50th year of providing services to warehouse and distribution clients.

4 ways to improve DC safety and increase productivity
8/2007
- (Modern Materials Handling Online) Safety's impact on costs and productivity is often overlooked, says Michael Davis, Sedlak manager.

Sedlak Participates in Impressive Material Handling Logistics Summit
7/2007
- From June 26 through 28, Patrick Sedlak took part in the inaugural Material Handling Logistics Summit…

Manhattan Associates Recognizes Sedlak as Top Partner for 2007
3/2007
- (News Release) Manhattan Associates recognizes Sedlak as one of its top partners for 2007.

Network Rationalization: Consider It Your Annual Physical
2/2007
- (Distribution Center Management) "Just like an annual visit to the doctor for a physical, a network optimization analysis on a regular basis is a good idea."

Networking Opportunity: The Low Cost/Best Service Challenge
5/2006
- (Material Handling Management) Is it time to redesign your distribution network? This article identifies the reasons for and results of....

Revamp a DC During Holiday Season? Child's Play for Gymboree
5/2006
- (Inbound Logistics) Installing new equipment in a distribution center during the holiday season is exactly what Gymboree did....

Sedlak Client Osram Sylvania Increases Efficiency
4/2006
- (Logistics Today) Osram Sylvania, bucking the bigger-is-better trend, finds smaller-sized docks at the company's three strategically located DCs to be highly efficient....

Sedlak Client Kirkland's Honored with Productivity Achievement Award
3/2006
- (Modern Materials Handling) This year’s Modern Materials Handling annual Productivity Achievement Awards will honor Sedlak client Kirkland’s as one of three companies which made outstanding strides in improving their operations...


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