Description Helly Hansen is a Norwegian company providing high quality, protective technical gear for work, survival and sport. Opportunities Due to historic business growth the existing USA warehouse in Auburn (WA) faced it’s boundaries. Helly Hansen asked Groenewout to come up with a footprint for a new warehouse that was able to deal with the future...

Description Haribo is one of the European leaders in production and distribution of sweets and candies. Opportunities Haribo needed to organize its supply chain concept to facilitate new developments: Increased customer service requirements 24-hours economy Government regulations (city distribution) A cost effective supply chain strategy was developed to match these future requirements. The analysis revealed that more of the focus...

Description Hungary wants to increase the utilization of its rail infrastructure and reduce its road transport. In the BILK area, close to Budapest, a new multi-modal logistics center with rail and road connection was planned. Opportunities For the development of the terminal, detailed market information about products and volumes to be handled was needed. Market trends...

Description Givaudan is one of the most well known producers of, amongst others, flavours in the world. The Flavour Ingredients business is dedicated to providing high quality materials for use within the Food and Beverage industries. For production Givaudan operates several plants, of which the production site in Naarden (the Netherlands) is one of the...

Description Gerkens Cacao is a Cargill company located in Wormer, The Netherlands and is one of the largest processors of cocoa in the world. The main products are cocoa liquor, cocoa butter and cocoa powder which are sold to chocolate industries and food manufacturers world wide Opportunities Due to growth over the past years the plant...

Description The Gates Corporation is a market leader in automotive and industrial power transmission products worldwide. Based in Denver, Colorado, the company has numerous manufacturing and distribution facilities around the world and a European headquarters in Erembodegem, near Aalst, Belgium. Opportunities Gates had outgrown their European Distribution Centre in Ghent. Gates needed to build a facility...

Description Forbo Flooring is a leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of linoleum and vinyl floorcoverings (rolls, tiles and welding rods). Opportunities Forbo looked for a new distribution concept for one of their product lines. Products are sourced in Asia and customer distribution is across all Europe. The logistics activities of this operation were planned to be...

Description Nestlé Purina PetCare Company is a leader in the pet products industry, dedicated to improving the lives of cats and dogs through quality nutrition and care. Nestlé Purina was formed when Friskies PetCare Company and Ralston Purina merged in December 2001. Nestlé Purina PetCare owns several manufacturing facilities and numerous warehouses in Europe. Opportunities Friskies...

Description Forbo Flooring is a leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of linoleum and vinyl floor coverings. Opportunities At their Novilon production site in Coevorden, Netherlands, Forbo intended to improve planning and scheduling. The objectives were to improve service levels and to minimize total relevant costs in production and inventory. Solution What2Store®, Groenewout’s planning and stock simulation tool, was...

Description Forbo Flooring is a leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of linoleum and vinyl floor coverings (rolls, tiles and welding rods). Opportunities Forbo integrated it’s linoleum and vinyl activities into one Strategic Business Unit, Flooring. Forbo committed itself to realize significant cost savings in the global supply chain of this new Flooring Division. Solution Groenewout identified quick-wins within...