Supply Chain Case Study: Solutions

What makes IPC unique is our ability to team with you, our customer, to find ways to drive out costs from your bottom line. We have a unique company structure in that we have three, full time, product specialists specifically trained to work with our sales team in identifying areas of improvement in our customers work environment. These solutions are not specific to any one particular application or product but could come from a variety of areas. Because of this range of possibilities, IPC offers our customers the ability to combine their orders for packaging, safety, Jan/San, office and warehouse needs to one source. This reduction in purchase orders, receipts, invoices, checks, etc. produces compounding savings which over time adds up to dramatic cost reductions. This is just one example of the savings but even more impact can be found by process and application improvements.

Summary

Customer ships most of their orders on their company owned vehicles but, over time, their need for LTL shipments increased steadily. IPC identified this trend and was able to offer a freight consultative solution that produced annual savings for the customer in excess of $34,000.00 over a two year span. Not only did substantial money go the bottom line but the process for tracking shipments and the reliability of their LTL service was also increased. This is just on example of the value-added type services IPC can offer our customers.

ipc Supply Chain Solutions:

We have the ability to offer these services locally but also in regional or national settings. As members of Packaging Distributors of America (PDA), we are teamed with leading independent distributors like ourselves across the nation, offering a unified front, for delivering local type service from independent distribution but on a multiple location scale.

ipc Results and Benefits Summary:

The bottom line is that IPC does not want an order, we want customers. We earn customers by the value added services we offer and the bottom line savings we generate. Stocking products and delivering them on time is just the "ante" to be in the game. The services we offer beyond these basics are what has made IPC a market leader for over 50 years. We want to earn your business as well.