Articles By or About Kane
Kimberly-Clark's Future: Made to Order, Shipped to Order
"Kane is Able (www.kaneisable.com) provides complete 3PL services, including contract packaging, producing 210,000 product pallets filling 7,000 trucks annually."
(Contract Packaging Magazine)
Kane's work with Kimberly-Clark was featured in the March/April, 2010 edition of Contract Packaging Magazine. Kimberly-Clark worked with Kane to consolidate contract packaging and distribution operations in a single facility to slash order cycle time and overall costs for packaging and distribution.
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So What Were Three DC Velocity Bloggers Doing in Scranton Pennsylvania?
Each year, Kane Is Able sponsors a “CPG Think Tank Exchange.” This year’s gathering was held recently and executives from CPG manufacturers, major retailers, and the logistics consulting community shared ideas about the future of the CPG supply Chain.
Herb Shields, consultant and former Unilever logistics executive blogged about Think Tank Day on his DC Velocity blog: Consumer Goods and the Supply Chain.
Want to learn more about the CPG Think Tank Exchange? Contact Chris Kane at 570.558.5100 or at ckane@kaneisable.com
Has Collaborative Distribution's Time Come?
For all its potential, the "collaborative distribution" concept has yet to live up to its billing. Some say that's about to change.
In a recent article in DC Velocity, Mark Solomon addresses the issue of collaborative distribution. Mark comments about Chris Kane's market offering called CODE Green. At Kane, we are committed to providing supply chain solutions that are both economically and environmentally responsible.
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Inbound Logistics Customer Service Connection
No longer a straight line between logistics providers and shippers, customer service in today's retail supply chain involves all players -- suppliers, manufacturers, 3PLs, and carriers. They are all connected, and they must all be satisfied.
Want to get the most out of your third-party logistics providers? Put them in closer touch with your ultimate customer -- the retailers and distributors to whom you ship.
This point is driven home in a recent Inbound Logistics article, "The Customer Service Connection," which features the collaborative partnership between Kane and premium pet food company, WellPet.
The article describes how Kane and WellPet operations staff visited WellPet's major distributors at their facilities to understand how to improve service. The visits led Kane to change the pallet configuration on outbound shipments, a change that enabled these distributors to utilize their space more efficiently and to cube out their racking.
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Collaborative Distribution
How CPG manufacturers and retailers can save millions and embrace the green revolution
The current model for CPG product distribution in the U.S. is outdated. Different products from different companies all going to the exact same retail warehouses, but each following its own individual line of supply and, in the process, driving up costs, blocking up our roads, and emitting noxious gases that choke our planet. This eBook explores an alternative – collaborative distribution – with the potential to save millions and drastically reduce our carbon footprint.
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Logistics Support for Trade Promotions
How poor planning undermines the profitability of CPG promotions
Trade promotions are a big, messy management challenge. Read how providing the logistics team the answer to one question -- "What am I getting and when?" -- can easily avoid hundreds of thousands in unnecessary costs.
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Logistics for Mid-Sized CPG Companies
Five Strategies to Help Mid-sized Manufacturers Compete and Win
Balancing service and cost is a particular dilemma for mid-sized CPG companies, who lack the volume leverage and systems capabilities their larger competitors use to drive logistics efficiency. This white paper explores how third-party logistics providers can level the playing field and help mid-sized CPG companies compete.
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CPG Focus: Savings Nothing To Sneeze At
In the September 2009 issue of DC Velocity, our valued partner, Kimberly-Clark, shares the cost saving processes they developed in their 'Network of the Future' logistics distribution design.
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From White House to Warehouse
Kane's hiring and training practices highlighted in DC Velocity magazine.
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Load Consolidation Converts Costly LTL Freight to TL
Kane's load consolidation program for candy manufacturers highlighted in Inbound Logistics magazine.
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G3 Enterprises Caters to the Logistics Needs of Wine, Spirits Industry
Kane business partner Q&A session from Global Logistics & Supply Chain Strategies magazine
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Kane An Able Manager
Kane’s work with Procter & Gamble
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