GM: Overcoming Critical Supply Chain Disruption Through Rapid DC Deployment
A global leader in the automotive industry, designing, manufacturing, and distributing vehicles and parts across a highly complex, global supply chain. The company must maintain consistent, reliable distribution performance to ensure production continuity and uphold service commitments across its network.
GM experienced significant operational challenges with its existing distribution providers, requiring an immediate short-term solution to stabilize operations and protect fulfillment performance and customer commitments.
Project Overview
The client experienced significant operational challenges with its existing distribution providers, putting fulfillment performance and customer commitments at risk. To avoid service disruptions, the client required an immediate, short-term solution to stabilize operations while a longer-term strategy was developed.
Rapid distribution center deployment
Emergency fulfillment continuity and inventory management
650,000 sq ft DC launched in 19 days
Execution Highlights
Rapidly establish and operate a fully functional distribution center
Ensure seamless continuity of order fulfillment and inventory management
Minimize disruption to customers and downstream operations
Outcomes
A fully operational 650,000-square-foot distribution center was designed, staffed, and launched in just 19 days, providing an immediate solution during a period of labor-related supply chain disruption.
Recruited, trained, and deployed more than 100 associates to support warehousing, inventory management, and distribution operations.
Processed approximately 1,400 trailers within the first 90 days while maintaining uninterrupted fulfillment operations and customer service continuity.
Approach
A fully operational 650,000-square-foot distribution center was designed, staffed, and launched in just 19 days, providing an immediate solution during a period of labor-related supply chain disruption.
Recruited, trained, and deployed more than 100 associates to support warehousing, inventory management, and distribution operations.
Processed approximately 1,400 trailers within the first 90 days while maintaining uninterrupted fulfillment operations and customer service continuity.
Enabled the company to maintain supply chain stability throughout the labor disruption, protecting customer commitments and preventing operational interruptions.
TCG stepped in at a critical moment and ensured our distribution operations continued without interruption during a highly challenging period.
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