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    • Leveraging Argos strengths to unlock the potential in the store estate and create a new hub and spoke operating model
    • Re-evaluating supply methods, loading and route management to deliver substantial freight cost savings and reduced 'food miles'
    • Creating a Customer-centric Network for Omni-channel Fashion Leadership
    • Taking a radically different approach to product profitability for leading clothes and food retailer
    • Mapping the future for global fashion retailer - Ralph Lauren: a radical change to their distribution approach
    • Bringing an entire healthcare organisation together to embrace change and a new business strategy
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    • Developing the strategic operating platform for the European logistics network and supply chain operations of a global engineering company
    • Developing world class measures for service visibility across multiple manufacturing sites for Hovis
    • Segmenting the product portfolio and supply methods to achieve market alignment and improved service levels for a major pharmaceutical company
    • Developing a waste reduction strategy study for Hovis
    • LCP applies its RapiSCAN® and Cost-to-Serve® methodologies to increase supply chain competitiveness of one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies
    • Radically changing every area of an expanding retail business to capitalise on growth
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    • Designing a new production facility to deliver market competitive service and low cost mass customisation capability
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    • Transforming the supply chain and accelerating disaster response for a global charity
    • Designing and implementing a global planning solution (S&OP), to drive operational efficiency and profitability for a speciality pharmaceutical company
    • Putting supply chain at the heart of the business strategy – to create a new operating model
    • Helping an international medical products manufacturer reduce finished goods inventory costs by 50%
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    • An innovative solution to reinvest a significant amount of inventory supporting Argos’s new customer service proposition and store growth strategy
    • Revealing the big business opportunities for a discount retailer
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    • A transformational solution for unprecedented growth for world’s premium department store
    • Developing a 'step change' strategy to deliver competitive advantage for a fresh food manufacturer across Central Europe
    • Unlocking the cost-saving potential hidden in a leading retailer’s existing network
    • Using powerful evidence and analytics to persuade the government department to take immediate and innovative action for winter resilience
    • Transforming an already iconic retail business into an omni-channel leader through a revolutionary network approach
    • Reducing a carbon footprint through supply chain interventions
    • Fosters: Setting a high standard for sustainable end-to-end supply chain practices, without adverse cost implications
    • Transformational distribution solution for omni-channel luxury retailing
    • A new operating model for production line supply - reducing costs and improving responsiveness for global automotive manufacturer
    • International Electronics Distributor: staged business case and road map to implementation resulted in a £37 million reduction of working capital
    • Iconic UK bakery brand: Identifying new routes to market to reduce costs and increase customer reach and service
    • Identifying nearly £3 million savings for a leading organic fruit and vegetable box scheme provider
    • International medical products manufacturer: end-to-end supply chain review to achieve 10% EBIT by 2018
    • Fresh Fruit Grower: delivering £1 million of operating cost benefits
    • Improving contract control, margins and reducing operating costs for an international medical products manufacturer
    • Iconic UK department store brand – transformational network development and multi-channel distribution centre design
    • Developing the future manufacturing footprint to improve efficiency and deliver cost savings for a global fluid handling solutions manufacturer
    • Major Cost-to-Serve® systems development to support leading oil company global operations while realising significant customer service opportunities and distribution savings
    • Re-defining a European distribution network to deliver enhanced customer service and major operating cost efficiencies.
    • Improving the S&OP process to compress cycle time for a global manufacturer of petroleum additives
    • Transforming operations through integrated supply chain planning for this leading European food manufacturer
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