"NLA showed a remarkable ability to understand our company's culture and resources and focus precisely and efficiently on the task we wanted to accomplish.  The map they created for us has served as an effective guide for almost a decade and the advice they gave was professional, executable and done just as promised. Their disciplined approach assured that we would get what we needed, on budget with no surprises."

Jerry Raymond
Chief Executive Officer
Datamation Systems, Inc.

Supply Chain Strategy

NLA engineers supply chains, enabling clients to make measured trade-offs between vendors, transportation, labor, capital, inventory and service. Fine-tuned networks can save manufacturers and distributors as much as 50% in direct logistics expenses, reduce inventories, enhance accountability and improve service.

Successes Include

  • Best practices study of B-C supply chain operations in e-commerce environment for the Nautilus-Bow Flex exercise equipment organizations, including home delivery operations.
  • Re-engineered inbound logistics for the seriously disrupted supply chain of international shipments of flat screen televisions from Pacific Rim manufacturers inbound to US retailers by: gaining control of Value Added Tax disbursements within Asia; planning for rear area ocean shipment consolidation; and identifying domestic US flow distribution operations for products destined to major US retailers.
  • Re-engineered the international air cargo export of individual soldier's gear for a US based defense contractor, and correspondingly reduced air cargo and ocean spend by 55%.