“ Supply Chains Are complex. Your solution Should be Simplified;
Together
Think About Everything in your supply chain.
It would take software artistry It would take elegant efficiency It would take agile partnership
...To create a simplified and unified supply chain vision shared by your entire organization
That’s a lot
Together.
Contents At MacGregor, we believe delivering the right logistics insight to the right stakeholders simplifies supply chains and makes Everything work faster, smarter, and more efficiently Together.
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Everything
Together
MacGregor Partners
Scope of Challenge
Brief Vision of Process
Who We Are and Why
Uniting Everything
That Matters
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Warehouse Toolbox
Folio
What Together Looks Like
Conclusion
Data Manager
Document Migration
Success Stories
Your Supply Chain Together
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We know supply chains demand balance—keeping your finger on the pulse of individual processes without losing the big picture. We know Everything in your supply chain is complex.
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You have to communicate shipping and delivery
timelines to stores and customers accurately and clearly. And over the entire supply chain, you need technology to consolidate and create a unified view of every metric and detail with the right people.
Together We believe having the right perspective matters. Whether you’re directing a global operation or trying to find one bill of lading, you need every stakeholder to share a simplified view into your supply chain. This means:
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Shipping managers can easily view and share transportation details across various operations. Warehouse supervisors can review the contents of every pallet in the palm of their hands.
District managers for your customers’
stores can view order fulfillment in real time to make the right decisions quickly.
The right combination of technology and
expertise makes this simplified vision possible by bringing Everything in your supply chain Together.
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MGP To demystify the complexities of supply chain logistics
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Who We Are We are MacGregor Partners: Logistic masterminds with practical experience in shaping best-fit solutions for companies you know.
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We approach your supply chain intelligently, analyzing the links between software, shipping, warehousing, delivery, and retail to share data-driven insight from end to end. We approach your supply chain empathetically, drawing on our warehouse experience to understand the needs of every stakeholder and equip them with the right technology to make data-driven decisions. We approach your supply chain creatively, disrupting the status quo of existing operations to craft best practices that unleash the untapped potential of your supply chain with software and strategy. Our approach simplifies the complexity of your supply chain, giving you a powerful perspective that integrates every aspect of your operation Together. This takes experience and expertise, as well as the right tools for the task. We’re proud to introduce two new products that enable you to drive down costs, increase agility, and improve visibility to enable data driven decisions across your supply chain.
Experts in Intelligent Fulfillment Real Warehouse Experience JDA Software Artists
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Logistics Toolbox
Agile Planning
Powerful Insights
Standardized Data
Logistics Toolbox allows
Logistics Toolbox gives every
Logistics Toolbox securely
supervisors to see real-time
stakeholder access to relevant
archives and standardizes
performance of labor
reports and comparisons
data across any supply chain
productivity -- allowing your
across multiple locations and
system. This enables you to
operation to be responsive
systems -- providing real-time
develop standardized practices
at the touch of a button.
insights into the health of your
for everything from employee
Supply chains are tapping into big data, but are
supply chain.
onboarding to data storage
they tapping into the right data and sharing it with
and archiving.
the right stakeholders in the right format?
This is a big question. And it gets more
complex when you think about every stakeholder across your operation.
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Site supervisors need real-time volumes
and historic productivity data to staff each shift. Operations managers need employee certification data to ensure compliance.
COOs need consolidated multi-facility data
to make strategic decisions. We created Logistics Toolbox to simplify how stakeholders like these review data across your operation.
Learn how Logistics Toolbox can give your operations rapid visibility at macgregorpartners.com/toolbox.
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Folio Supply chains are drowning in paper. This drives up costs for storage and printing, slows operations and increases the risk of losing a critical document. We created Folio to digitize every document in your supply chain inside a shared repository, enabling faster approvals, reduced risk,
73,000 SHEETS OF PAPER SAVED PER YEAR
and automated efficiency.
Delivery Folio allows drivers to sign multiple documents with
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a single signature. With the yard cleared quickly, warehouse supervisors can focus on value-added tasks.
1,659 TONER COST SAVING PER YEAR
Customer Documentation Folio automatically e-mails and aggregates packing lists, bills of lading, and other reports upon successful completion. Creating an integrated family of relevant documents.
Reporting Folio manages reports and documents from multiple
671 PAPER COST SAVING PER YEAR
origin systems inside a shared repository, giving stakeholders and customers access across your supply chain. Folio transforms your paper files into an agile document management system. With electronic signature capture and digital archiving inside a single web-based application, your operation becomes more effective at every step in your supply chain. Discover how to give your documents digital agility at macgregorpartners.com/folio.
The ultimate result of a simplified supply chain is a satisfied customer who returns to your business again and again.
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What Together Looks Like
Makita turned to MacGregor to bring all its serial numbers together in a new capturing system:
1. Added the ability to scan one barcode and capture all serial numbers within a pallet. 2. Established a new barcode format that synced a sequence of serial numbers with the serial number format already in place.
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MacGregor Designs Rapid Serial Number Verification for Makita
What would you do if your products were showing up in
For Makita, Together looks like:
countries and markets where they weren’t authorized to be sold? You’d need to hold resellers accountable. This would mean capturing serial numbers for each saleable unit. For Makita, each unit is a power tool. No one had time to break down every pallet and open cases to scan individual barcodes-this would spike labor costs and slow order cycles.
3. Linked new barcode data with Makita’s existing JDA WMS solution, sharing the verified serial number with their HOST system and 3rd-party EDI providers.
- Improved traceability and visibility into product locations
- Significant savings in labor costs
- Faster order cycle times
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MacGregor Streamlines Task Grouping for Hopewell Logistics
Simplifying the Physical and the Phantom into One
What happens when your supply chain has to track
MacGregor created an elegant and sustainable solution that consolidated
something invisible?
and energized the operation.
For any 3PL needing to coordinate Less-Than-Truckload
1. Eliminated the need for multiple trailers and carrier moves to sync
shipments and SAP, this a common problem.
Hopewell Logistics, a leading Canadian 3PL, tackled this
2. Updated ship confirmation transition to SAP so that the WMS
inconsistency with a short-term fix that led to long-term
system and physical actions.
produced the correct number of transactions.
problems. Their picked products were loaded onto a physical
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trailer, but the supply chain used a logical/phantom trailer
3. Tuned directed work to sort tasks by proximity (e.g. travel cost)
for each shipment.
This resulted in a significant inconsistency between where the
4. Consolidated load sheet for entire trailer vs. multiple load sheets.
not just travel sequence.
operation physically placed the product and what was logically performed in the system--creating more work, more risk of error, and more organizational inefficiency.
The result was that Hopewell saw increased productivity and an accurate data set. Throughput numbers increased without the need for additional staff. Staff also appreciated the simplicity of the new workflow.
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This is when a vendor makes a hard pitch, promising to transform everything about your company, reshaping you in their own image. We’re not going to do that. Because we’re not a vendor.
We’re a partner. Rather than flashy answers, we start with big questions.
- What does Everything Together look like for you?
- How can we simplify your operations with:
Streamlined processes
Shared access to critical data
Best-fit practices that align with your supply chain?
- Do you want help with warehouse management?
- How could JDA software scale to match your needs?
- Can you envision a best-fit solution which expert
developers could make a reality?
MacGregor Partners is committed to helping you answer these questions. Our supply chain experts and developers are ready to bring Everything Together for you.
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