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EP 582: Maximizing Value with Operational Consulting with Supply Chain Alliance

2025/4/21
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Darryl Nelson: 我是供应链联盟的负责人,我们是一家精品供应链咨询公司,拥有30多年的经验,在行业内享有盛誉。我们提供各种服务,从物流到供应链上游的采购和规划,帮助客户优化仓库运营,提高效率,降低成本。我们团队成员都来自业界,拥有丰富的实践经验,能够提供专业的知识、外部视角和额外的带宽,帮助客户解决问题。我们提供各种评估服务,包括端到端供应链评估和针对特定物流设施的运营评估,后者旨在建立运营基线,进行差距分析,并提出改进建议和路线图。在运营评估中,我们通常会发现很多改进机会,例如改变布局、引入不同的拣货和包装流程、改进系统利用率、精益原则、组织结构和领导力、临时工和全职员工的平衡等。除了主动的运营评估外,我们还进行运营扭转,以帮助业绩不佳的运营快速恢复正常,这通常发生在多个设施合并或集中分销后。在进行变革管理时,我们扮演的是帮助者的角色,而不是命令者。我们结合外部视角和客户的内部专业知识,通过倾听、清晰的沟通和计划来获得大家的认同。我们参与过许多项目,包括疫情期间的物资储备供应链建设和加拿大北部矿业公司的运营改进。在一个中西部客户的运营扭转项目中,我们在12周内实现了近100%的生产力提升和25%的成本降低,这得益于对货位、拣货、包装流程、设备布局、5S、无线网络、劳动力平衡等方面的改进。 Kevin Lawton: 作为主持人,我主要负责引导访谈,并就仓库运营面临的挑战、运营顾问的作用以及如何与运营顾问合作等问题向Darryl Nelson提问。我表达了对行业现状的关注,并对Darryl Nelson提供的专业见解表示赞赏。

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This chapter discusses the major challenges facing warehouse operators in 2025, including high rent, hiring difficulties, omnichannel strategies, technological advancements, cybersecurity threats, and trade wars. These combined factors create a complex and challenging environment for warehouse operations.
  • High rents and ongoing hiring challenges
  • Omnichannel strategies and rapid technological changes
  • Cybersecurity threats and impacts of strikes on ports and railways
  • New tariffs and potential trade wars

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Welcome to this episode of The New Warehouse Podcast, where we welcome guest Darryl Nelson, Principal and Practice Lead at Supply Chain Alliance. With a background rooted in hands-on operational leadership, Darryl shares what makes operational consultants valuable in today’s complex warehousing environment. 

The conversation highlights key warehousing challenges for 2025, how proactive assessments and turnaround projects work, and why real-world experience matters when engaging a consulting partner. With over 30 years of experience and more than 600 successful projects, Darryl explains how to leverage operational consulting to unlock performance, resilience, and long-term value.

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