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Sedlak understands that IT systems impact far more than throughput and the need to communicate with other systems throughout your business. That’s why our approach to information solutions is business-focused. With an IT-focused practice since the 1980s, Sedlak is trusted by businesses, both large and small, to design and implement IT solutions for their operational challenges.

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Nationally Recognized IT Services for Logistics

Sedlak’s seasoned IT solution consultants provide an extensive range of expertise across project lifecycles and are capable of successfully managing your IT projects as “hands-on” resources to complement your project team at any stage. As your advocate on information systems projects, we have no financial ties to any software providers and solely deliver professional consulting services with sound, unbiased solutions.

Our SCM IT solution consulting process begins in defining detailed system requirements that are ultimately incorporated into a comprehensive testing protocol to ensure the system performs as intended. Throughout implementation, testing and training, our experts drive all project details–not just software issues. Our staff includes resources with strong project management skills and extensive experience in all facets of functional processes and material handling equipment to ensure successful operational execution. This allows our clients to obtain the most value from their IT investments.

Rapid leaps in technology present three fundamental challenges:

Staying current on the latest IT solutions and processes for distribution and warehouse operations
Understanding which systems and processes may be best suited for your unique operational requirements
Knowing how to integrate the appropriate IT solutions into your operations

Sedlak’s IT Services for Logistics

Functional systems requirements
Systems audits and gap analysis
Bid package and RFP preparation
Competitive bid management and vendor evaluation
RFP and vendor selection
System rollout and cutover planning
Solution configuration, set-up and testing
Host and material handling interface support
Training program development and training support
Comprehensive project management
Post-implementation support
Data mining and report writing
Systems audits and gap analysis
Comprehensive project management life cycle
Material handling equipment integration services
Solution configuration and full-cycle testing
Support services
Data definition and analytics
Executive reporting
Change Management

Success Stories

DC Design for Pharmaceutical Network

Coming in under budget, we met one client’s standards for capital return on investment by creating a new distribution center operations model which was replicated network-wide. This enabled the client to handle large volumes, accept late-day customer orders for next morning delivery, and achieve higher overall throughput with fewer facilities, all while maintaining customer service levels.

Warehouse Optimization for Orvis

We helped Orvis achieve faster pick / pack times, reducing cost-per-unit (CPU), shortened warehouse to customer delivery times, reduced dependency on labor year round and especially during Q4 peak season, and incentivized labor performance above engineered standards.

Distribution Automation for Northern Tool

Sedlak provided project management from initial concept planning through start-up, assisted in planning and implementation of improved operational methods and practices, developed facility layout to improve flows and optimize use of space throughout current and expanded facility and facilitated conversion of warehouse transactions to the new Manhattan WMS.

Consolidation Strategy for avantor

VWR International, now avantor, is a global laboratory supply and distribution company who reached out to us for assistance in developing an appropriate facility concept and material handling solutions design for combined operations in a new greenfield distribution center. Our design for the facility layout and operations plan maximized the effectiveness of the proposed material handling system and included a two-stage implementation plan that balanced investment with planned growth.

LEED Certified Distribution for VF

Sedlak and VF have been trusted partners since 1960. We have completed 33 projects for them over the last sixty years.

U.S. Antarctic Program/McMurdo Station

Our client, McMurdo Station, needed a plan for consolidating all warehousing of inventory and assets to eliminate aging infrastructure, address the challenges of extreme conditions and reduce staffing requirements on the continent of Antarctica. After analysis, we were able to identify opportunities to reduce warehouse space by 65%, reduce staff by 25% and improve the client’s upstream supply chain.

ERP/WMS Solution for Optimal

Sedlak assisted in the requirements development, cost and benefit evaluation, vendor selection and implementation project management of a new ERP/WMS system for The Palm Tree Group, now Optimal. Our team managed the successful, on-time and on-budget implementation of Palm Tree Group’s entire information support systems, including full integration, volume, stress testing and user acceptance testing prior to readiness assessment and go-live.

Process Flow Workshop for Regional Healthcare System

Our client, a regional healthcare system, needed a supply chain strategy to optimize their cash flow, reduce and manage their inventory, improve their point of use replenishment, optimize their FTE and clean up their MMIS. Our recommendations, after a lengthy assessment of their supply chain, could potentially save the company a $120K cash flow improvement and a savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year.

Project Management – Pharmaceutical DCs

Coming in under budget, we met one client’s standards for capital return on investment by creating a new distribution center operations model which was replicated network-wide. This enabled the client to handle large volumes, accept late-day customer orders for next morning delivery and achieve higher overall throughput with fewer facilities, all while maintaining customer service levels.

Facility Expansion for PEL Supply

Needing optimization of its distribution network, PEL Supply turned to Sedlak. We recommended operational enhancements focused on improved throughput, service and costs and provided a facility expansion plan providing optimal size, layout and equipment with specifications and bid packages for the building, material handling equipment and systems and documents outlining supporting IT systems and technologies.

Automated DC for Marmot

For the client, Sedlak evaluated potential automation with integration into a new SAP WMS and designed future growth and potential acquisition of new brands, reducing the need for EWM host system modifications, lowering programming and engineering costs and allowing easy future upgrades, quicker implementation, and less complex security and training.

Automated DCs for DSW

More than a Decade of Projects: New Automation & Systems, Brownfield Facilities, and Uninterrupted Operations

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