An international supplier of wind turbine blades found themselves facing a manufacturing problem. When their Spanish business unit announced a production shortfall and thus inability to fulfill existing customer orders of over 600 blades, they scrambled to realign the manufacturing plans at their other facilities around the world to replenish the shortfall. PLG was retained […]
Client is one of the leaders in the chemical industry with nationwide product coverage through a series of private and public terminals. Their business has grown significantly and become inefficient. They needed to determine how to improve their efficiency with both assets and personnel. Services Provided Gathered baseline data and analyzed key process components Prioritized […]
A rapidly growing global diversified specialty chemical company, the client was in the process of upgrading their legacy ERP system and were interested in redesigning their supply chain business processes. The client requested an integrated supply chain assessment with a comparison with industry best practices to optimize their business processes and identify improvement opportunities. Services […]
Although continually showing year-over-year budget improvement in logistics costs, a leading provider of safety, quality, conservation, and flow-control products to water infrastructure markets in North America, Europe and China had not done a major network analysis in approximately eight years. New executive management decided that an optimization study, along with benchmarking research, would be both […]
Client is a large chemical manufacturer designing new operating units to take advantage of the U.S. shale gas transformation. Client requested PLG Consulting assist with site selection as well as lead the design and engineering of the associated logistics infrastructure. The logistics design needed to be collaborative with either a single site or dual site […]
Client is a land-locked chemical manufacturer with dynamic and increasing shift-to-shift requirements for intra-site railcar switching to/from multiple loading facilities. PLG performed rail operations and infrastructure assessments to support the options analysis and subsequent funding processes for new/improved rail infrastructure at the two plants. The rail assessments will primarily address the plant #1 needs for […]
Founded in 1907 and built on one of the world’s richest limestone reserves, this client is the most diversified producer of high-quality lime and calcium-based products in North America. With thousands of rail shipments per year, a diverse mix of car types and fleets, and complex infrastructure requirements for in-plant and outside plant storage and […]
This global chemical company, delivering to more than 100 countries around the world, is focused on the manufacturing, formulation and distribution of crop protection products. They engaged with PLG Consulting to improve their truckload services, streamline their technology delivery tool application and reduce overall cost per mile. Services Provided Retrieve, scrub and analyze client data […]
This global bio-fuels company, with operations in over 14 countries, is one of the largest producers of renewable diesel in the world. Always at the cusp of innovation and looking to deliver value to their customers and investors, they were exploring at ways to optimize their supply chain and were considering rail versus marine shipping. […]
The client is a large private transportation and logistics provider with real estate development capability. The client requested information on key issues ahead of the North American energy and petrochemical revolution which will affect the client’s services and markets over the coming years. Services Provided Identified specific, actionable business opportunities inside and outside of the […]
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