GCP is focused on changing the game with its Verifi technology and global logistics initiatives.
By Alan Dorich, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
For GCP Applied Technologies Inc., it is essential for associates to stay focused on providing strong client service. “It’s our customers that keep us in business, or we don’t have a business,“ Director of Global Logistics Procurement Albert Schyman declares.
Avery Dennison leverages collaboration internally and with suppliers to make a ‘material difference’ for customers.
By Bianca Herron
Avery Dennison Corp. was founded in 1935 when Stan Avery invented and patented the first self-adhesive, die-cut labeling machine.
Eighty-three years later, the Glendale, California-based company sets the industry standard for materials innovation and manufacturing across a vast range of industries, including consumer-goods packaging, “smart” labels, apparel and footwear, healthcare, electronics, signs and graphics, and more. Today, the Fortune 500 company employs more than 30,000 people, operates in more than 50 countries and provides its customers with high-quality pressure-sensitive adhesive labelings, tags and labels.
Sonic's supply chain reduces human touch and increases speed.
By Mark Lawton, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
Every week, more than 1 million electronic components arrive at Sonic Manufacturing Technologies. Of those, over 500,000 are delivered to Sonic without human touch and within three days of ordering.
Jack Daniel’s is investing millions into expansion to meet demand for its best-selling world whiskey brand.
By Kat Zeman, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
Move over, Johnnie Walker. Jack Daniel’s has taken over the reins of the whiskey kingdom. The 152-year-old American whiskey maker surpassed Scotland-based Johnnie Walker and holds the top spot as the world’s best-selling world whiskey brand.
Both Jack and Johnnie have their fans. But Jack is at the top of its game when it comes to sales. To put it candidly, everybody in business is in business to succeed and Jack Daniel’s is succeeding.
The Mosaic Company strives to increase efficiency by restructuring and automating its warehouses throughout North America.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
The Mosaic Company’s mission is to help the world grow the food it needs. They do that by producing the highest quality and most innovative crop nutrition products that help farmers rise to the challenge of feeding a growing population. To continue to achieve that mission in a cyclical industry with increasing competition from overseas, the company is in a state of transformation to increase efficiency.
Brooks Automation’s logistics team adopts lean practices and tackles challenges resulting from new tariffs on China.
By Kat Zeman, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
With the United States imposing new tariffs on Chinese imports, Donna Poole and her logistics team at Brooks Automation have been implementing new processes to combat some of the challenges that the tariffs pose on the company’s supplier relationships. “We have major suppliers in China,” says Poole, Brooks Automation’s senior director of global logistics and trade compliance.
Topaz prepares for growth as it streamlines its supply chain and sets itself apart with a personal touch.
By Alan Dorich
After more than three decades, Topaz Lighting Corp. sets itself apart from competitors with a personal touch, Vice President of Supply Chain and Global Operations Brad Goodfriend says. “Other companies say the customer comes first – [but] at Topaz, we mean it,” he states.
“Customer-centricity is part of everything we do,” he continues. “When you call Topaz, you get that personalized service akin to a small company, although we continue to grow. We pride ourselves on having developed the reputation of being the easiest company to do business with within our industry.”
Frey Gaede & Company represents manufacturers at lower cost and more efficiently than direct sales people.
By Mark Lawton, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Publishing
Frey Gaede & Company (FG&C) of Ohio has numerous strengths. FG&C is a manufacturer’s representative group, representing products to wholesalers, retailers, dealers (resellers) and distributors. FG&C focuses on office products, contract furniture, janitorial, break room and safety industries.
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