Distribution Management & Logistics Consultants: 2

Beat K. Schlumpf, FCILT,  is an Expert in European Supply Chain Management, Networks and Logistics. Mr. Schlumpf has over 40 years of experience in supply chain execution. 

Mr. Schlumpf is one of the few experts worldwide with operative experience of all carriers (Sea, Air, Road, Rail) and all speeds (heavy lifts, general cargo, full load, parcel, express, mail, courier). His core competence is in the assessment, development, and implementation of integrated logistics solutions. He is the Inventor of the "Operations Efficiency Assessment” and the Time Factor model for process assessments.  

Mr. Schlumpf has extensive knowledge in a broad range of management assignments. He has experience and professional competence in distribution logistics for manufacturers, retailers, producers, forwarding and transportation companies as well as postal operators (textile, machinery, postal services, mail, parcel, express, and transportation industries.) 

Business Consulting Focus:

Facilities Design Worldwide Distribution Network Design Freight Audits Tender

Outsourcing Logistics and Supply Chain Supply Chain Law Expansion, Consolidation, and Warehousing

Mr. Schlumpf has acted as an Expert at the UNCTAD and was featured speaker on practices and operation used by global freight logistics firms for the World Trade Organization (WTO) and lecturer for distribution logistics.

Mr. Schlumpf has published articles on outsourcing, one stop shopping, co-operation with forwarders and integrators, and new inventing Operations Audit to increase efficiency. 

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Inviscid Consulting helps businesses plan and streamline their warehousing, logistics, manufacturing, and distribution operations to drive down costs, boost capacity, improve customer service, and mitigate risks.

The team at Inviscid Consulting is experienced in a broad range of supply chain specialties. Their subject-matter experts apply lean thinking and effective industrial engineering principles to reduce operational resistance, so supply chains flow more timely and more efficiently.

Industry expertise includes Multi-Channel / Omnichannel Retail, Direct-to-Consumer / Ecommerce / Catalog, Consumer Goods, Apparel / Footwear, Food / Beverage / Grocery, Pharmaceutical / Health & Life Sciences, Industrial / Automotive, High-Tech / Electronics, Wholesale / General Distribution, and 3PL / Outsourced Fulfillment.

Consulting Services:

• Conception, Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Reengineering of Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Distribution Operations and Business Processes
• Strategic Distribution Network Planning and Site Selection
• Distribution Center Planning & Design
• Economic Evaluation and Justification of Alternative Solutions
• Design, Estimation, Specification, Selection, and Implementation of Material Handling Systems and Supply Chain Information Systems
• Lean Warehousing & Distribution Process Improvement
• Improvement of Labor Productivity, Resource Utilization and Customer Service Levels
• Evaluation & Selection of Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Providers
• Product Serialization, Track & Trace, & ePedigree

Stephen (Steve) T. Hopper, PE, Founder and Principal with Inviscid Consulting, is a Supply Chain professional with extensive experience planning and streamlining warehousing, logistics, and distribution operations.

For more than 30 years, Mr. Hopper has solved supply chain problems for numerous clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations. He helps his clients drive down operating costs, boost capacity, improve customer service, reduce risk, implement effective supply chain solutions, and enhance the performance of their supply chain resources: people, processes, inventory, facilities, equipment, material handling systems, transportation assets, and supply chain information technology (IT).

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