Challenge: A multi-channel, high end goods retailer was interested in expanding into the Middle East, Australia, Asia and Europe. They needed an international support network that allowed for the reliability, speed and cost effectiveness that would let them develop short- and long-term forecasts.

Challenge: A leader in the food and beverage industry, this company operates stores throughout the world. Additionally, the company provides food services via grocery channels, restaurants, and hotels. The company was operating with manual processes in key functions including Free Trade Agreements. These processes were no longer adequate as they faced continued international growth.

Challenge: Our client, a thriving online retailer, was growing 25% to 30% every year since 1999. Sales are busiest during autumn, when roughly 200,000 of its annual volume of 225,000 orders are handled in a four-month period. During this time, operations ramp up from 100 to 8,000 orders a day. The company had completely outgrown its systems and needed a solution that could be scaled to meet peaks in sales activity.

Challenge: A major manufacturer in the healthcare industry set aggressive sustainability goals for itself and its partners. As a part of this effort, two Kenco-managed facilities were asked to reduce waste, with the ultimate goal of achieving no waste to landfills. Both facilities combined have a footprint of over 400,000 square feet.

Challenge: International shipping was largely a manual process from order packing through shipping for our client. Export documents were created by keying order details into document templates. Also, the company was using compliance data from several manual sources, which made the risk of non-compliance high. Decisions regarding Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) numbers were subject to staff interpretation. Shipments that required AES filing were manually keyed into the AESDirect.gov system. Shipment consolidations were also manual.

Challenge: A multi-billion dollar supplier of inks and colorants needed a logistics partner to service its customers in the Western U.S. Since a portion of the company's products are flammable and combustible, they sought a California 3PL that could ensure compliance with California's chemical storage and shipment regulations.

Challenge: A large construction materials manufacturer was struggling to keep up with its growing supply chain needs. Coordination of international and domestic suppliers, vendors and shipments was beginning to overwhelm it.

Challenge: The client desired a multi-modal approach which would allow inventories to flow plant-to-plant faster than current rail mode while maintaining inventory and production levels. The challenge was a combination of truck capacity in a local marketplace as well as a "truck-rail-truck" approach due to significant levels of inventory moving to the Texas Marketplace.

Challenge: The client is an industrial distributor experiencing tremendous growth. The company's distribution center capacity was taxed. Furthermore, operational costs were rising because the distribution center lacked the processes and systems to support rising demand, specifically: an inefficient picking methodology was elongating order fulfillment times; pickers were walking too far in between picks due to improper slotting; and aging equipment components were causing bottlenecks.

Challenge: Our client, a distributor of hospitality supplies for hotels, colleges and hospitals via 11 distribution centers within North America, needed to upgrade its supply chain systems to better accommodate its double-digit growth rate.