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JA Sedlak
IT Solutions
We are Experts in IT Solutions
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.
Success Stories
Pharmaceutical Wholesaler
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.
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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.
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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.
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VWR International
VWR International 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.
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VF Corporation
Sedlak and VF have been trusted partners since 1960. We have completed 33 projects for them over the last sixty years.
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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.
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The Palm Tree Group
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. 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.
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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.
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Pharmaceutical Wholesaler
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.
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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.
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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.
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DSW
More than a Decade of Projects: New Automation & Systems, Brownfield Facilities, and Uninterrupted Operations
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Sedlak maintains relationships with a number of key suppliers, which include integrators, third party logistics providers, and providers of material handling equipment and storage media, information technology, robotics, real estate, and construction. We work with these suppliers in order to keep our staff abreast of vendor capabilities, product offerings, industry news, and to obtain competitive […]
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All Things WES: Answers to Common Questions
One of the most confusing and misunderstood technologies, which has been a buzz word for several years now, is the Warehouse Execution System, or WES. In today’s world, E-commerce operations have continually increased in both percentage of many retailer’s businesses, and demands for reducing order cycle times (commonly referred to as the “click-to-ship” metric). IT systems that address these challenges and also optimize the flow of work through their fulfillment systems have become a critical need for the Retail industry.
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