Our Services Encompass:

Supply Chain Planning:

• Supply chain strategy
• Distribution network analysis
• Transportation system engineering
• Merger and consolidation operations planning

Distribution Facility and MHE Design:

• Distribution facility planning and design
• Material handling systems design
• MHE RFP development
• RFP evaluation and recommendation
• MHE implementation project management
• Facility consolidation management

Information Technology:

• Information technology strategy
• Business requirements definition and functional design
• RFP development
• WMS software selection
• WMS design and implementation
• Inventory management engineering

Labor Management Performance:

• Methods and best practices evaluation and improvement
• Management and labor forecasting programs
• Engineered labor performance standards development
• Engineered labor incentive compensation development
• LMS package selection
• LMS package implementation

Project/Program and Change Management:

• Manage IT project resources to maximize investment and leverage resources
• Objective project risk management
• Programs to mitigate resistance to change
• Project management of facility construction and start-up
• Project management of MHE implementation
• Project management of WMS implementation

Supply Chain:

To help clients achieve tangible sales and margin improvements through supply chain enhancement, Garr provides integrated services to increase product availability, manage inventory, and control costs.

Our design process first develops a conceptual equipment design solution which is a business match, regardless of the field of equipment solutions in the market place. This is followed by a detailed design process which ensures that proven technology is applied in creative ways to address the business goals.

Our WMS/LMS system integration projects utilize our unique and robust Software Selection toolkit and tools. This allows us to narrow the focus to the packages best suited for the client by evaluating the software’s functionality within the context of the client’s operational processes and technical architecture.

Information Technology:

Information Technology departments are under constant pressure to enable their business to achieve growth and innovation through the enhancement of systems capabilities. We can significantly improve time to value for enterprise IT investments.

Garr has a deep understanding of the commercial software applications that support all aspects of retail and consumer goods companies, including enterprise-wide and best-of-breed packages. We leverage our broad industry knowledge with a deep study of our client’s business to determine their unique requirements. Our objective approach and experience advising clients in software negotiations often lead to cost savings in excess of the entire selection project cost. Our unique and robust Software Selection toolkit allows us to narrow the focus to the packages best suited for the client by evaluating the software’s functionality within the context of the client’s business processes and technical architecture.

Project/Program and Change Management:

Our robust Project Management toolkit reduces the administrative burdens associated with project management and allows managers to focus on leading and managing their initiatives and departments. We create a governance model to ensure that resources are aligned and leveraged efficiently.

Our deep project management experience in a wide variety of environments ensures projects that are managed in a superior fashion. Our subject matter expertise allows us to identify and mitigate issues before they become problems.

Our projects initiate change and all change encounters resistance with Individuals/organizations going through emotional cycles before full acceptance of change. Effective change management successfully shepherds individuals through change.