Free COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Webinar

Free COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Webinar

If you’re overwhelmed by the amount of information available on how to keep your warehouse team safe in the midst of COVID-19 – help is on the way.

Alpine Supply Chain Solutions has collaborated with industry partners, researched the impacts, and documented best practices from trustowrthy resources so that you don’t have to.

Free COVID-19 Preparedness and Response webinar that includes:

  • General training
  • An overview of CDC/OSHA guidelines
  • Communication tools
  • An introduction to our easy to use electronic checklist

 

Greg is a seasoned Supply Chain Technology and Operations Professional focused on driving revenue through value engineering (ROI Analysis), and business development. He has spent his entire career as an innovative leader in Supply Chain Sales, Consulting and Implementation and now joins us at Alpine. Greg possesses over 30 years of progressive hands-on experience with a broad range of mission-critical supply chain technologies including on-premise, cloud-based, and SaaS solutions. He has deep domain expertise across a variety of solutions sets including supply chain execution, supply chain planning, labor management solutions, and supply chain advanced analytics. Greg has extensive experience evaluating, selling and implementing advanced technologies related to big data, predictive analytics, and artificial intelligence. Greg is considered an expert in roles related to “C – Level” strategic sales, business growth and expansion, value engineering and business case development. He has leadership experience in Pre-Sales Consulting, Account Executive mentoring, product strategy, training/mentoring and management consulting. Greg spent the first 10 years of his Supply Chain career at Fleming Foods, a $40B Grocery Wholesaler, and he was responsible for rolling out WMS and Labor solutions to over 30 Distribution Centers within the Fleming network. Greg then transitioned to Dallas Systems/EXE Technologies where, for almost 10 years, he served in various Supply Chain leadership roles. Prior to joining Alpine, Greg spent 15 years at Manhattan Associates, the leading global provider of Supply Chain Software and Services. While at Manhattan, Greg had a proven track record of providing clear, timely and focused solutions to a variety of Fortune 500 Companies in all key vertical markets.

Please Welcome Jim Chamberlain as Part of the Leadership Team at Alpine

Please Welcome Jim Chamberlain as Part of the Leadership Team at Alpine

We are proud to welcome Jim Chamberlain to the Alpine team! Jim has over 30 years of engineering experience in distribution and the supply chain. He spent 24 years with DSC Logistics where he led teams that provided innovative solutions for Fortune 500 companies. As a Managing Director, he will focus on layout design, start-up support, innovation, value added services, engineered labor standards, labor management, Continual Improvement (Lean & Six-Sigma), material handling management, and operations excellence.

We are excited to have Jim as part of the leadership team at Alpine Supply Chain! His passion and experience is exactly what Alpine customers have grown to expect, “I am excited to be with a team that is so passionate about working with customers to improve their supply chain operations,” said Jim. “Being with Alpine is like being part of a family – we work together, collaborate, and care about each other personally and professionally. I think this spirit is noticed by our customers and makes a difference in the solutions we create with them.”

About Jim:

  • Has led over 50 successful labor management implementations that reduced each customer’s variable labor expense by an average of 20+%
  • Develops enhancements to WMS on an on-going basis to drive costs out of supply chain for existing and new customers. Examples include Directed Putaway, Directed Replenishment, Accu-Pick, Pick & Load Optimization, Metrics, Voice Pick
  • Implements web-based Material Handling Equipment programs that significantly reduced spend by analyzing and acting on intelligence information related to lift trucks, batteries, chargers
  • Focuses on best practices within logistics centers to ensure consistent, high performance across entire network regardless of business vertical and consignee special requirements
  • Has led team of packaging engineers that focused on low-cost manual and automated product transformation projects that allow customers to differentiate their merchandise within retail stores

Industry Organizations and Associations:

  • Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
  • Warehouse Education and Research Council
  • Institute of Industrial Engineers
  • MTM Association, Board of Directors
  • JDA, Warehouse Labor Management Special Interest Group Chair
Avoid WMS Delays with These Helpful Implementation Tips

Avoid WMS Delays with These Helpful Implementation Tips

The process of finding, selecting, and implementing the correct WMS software for your company is an important process that can quickly spiral past its allotted timeline, costing your company. Learn how to avoid these delays to better your company.

In his Supply Chain Quarterly article “Ready, Set — Delay,”  Alpine’s Greg Utter addresses these issues. He states, “How do you make sure that your project takes off running and can avoid being trapped in a system of ‘ready, set, delay?’ After years of implementing countless systems, we have some advice on how to make the process flow smoother.”

Also, download our free white paper to walk through the steps:

  • Determining what type of warehouse solution you need
  • Creating an RFP
  • Assessing, comparing and selecting the right vendor
  • Negotiating contracts
  • Making a solid plan for implementation.

Click below for Greg’s WMS wisdom.

 

About Greg:

Greg is a seasoned Supply Chain Technology and Operations Professional focused on driving revenue through value engineering (ROI Analysis), and business development. He has spent his entire career as an innovative leader in Supply Chain Sales, Consulting and Implementation.

Greg possesses over 30 years of progressive hands-on experience with a broad range of mission-critical supply chain technologies including on-premise, cloud-based, and SaaS solutions. He has deep domain expertise across a variety of solutions sets including supply chain execution, supply chain planning, labor management solutions, and supply chain advanced analytics. Greg has extensive experience evaluating, selling and implementing advanced technologies related to big data, predictive analytics, and artificial intelligence.

Greg is considered an expert in roles related to “C – Level” strategic sales, business growth and expansion, value engineering and business case development. He has leadership experience in Pre-Sales Consulting, Account Executive mentoring, product strategy, training/mentoring and management consulting.

Greg spent the first 10 years of his Supply Chain career at Fleming Foods, a $40B Grocery Wholesaler, and he was responsible for rolling out WMS and Labor solutions to over 30 Distribution Centers within the Fleming network. Greg then transitioned to Dallas Systems/EXE Technologies where, for almost 10 years, he served in various Supply Chain leadership roles. Prior to joining Alpine, Greg spent 15 years at Manhattan Associates, the leading global provider of Supply Chain Software and Services. While at Manhattan, Greg had a proven track record of providing clear, timely and focused solutions to a variety of Fortune 500 Companies in all key vertical markets.

Along with his work, Greg enjoys working with WERC, Supply Chain Management Group (SCM) and CSCMP. He contributes to supply chain publications with the most recent article “READY, SET – DELAY!” in the Q1/2020 edition of CSCMP’s Supply Chain magazine. Greg also serves in various capacities with several non-profit organizations including Feeding America, Native Americans in Business, Habitat for Humanity and The American Red Cross.

New HR Consulting Services: Optimize Your Warehouse Staffing

New HR Consulting Services: Optimize Your Warehouse Staffing

Are you concerned with attracting, hiring and retaining top talent to meet the current and future demands of your business? Are you having issues developing or understanding your current staffing metrics? Alpine is now offering HR consulting services to help your company.

Alpine is now offering HR consulting services to optimize your warehouse staffing, including employee relations, performance management, compliance, payroll, training and development, restructuring, workforce planning and change management. Our resident expert, Brenda Stoltz, brings a deep operational leadership background, including her most recent role heading up HR at Target Distribution.
Brenda is a Human Resources Leader and an experienced Operations Manager instilled with the practical knowledge of strategic leadership and management. She holds a strong sense of business objectives and strives to develop a positive culture that promotes constructive growth. As a dynamic leader with robust interpersonal skills, she holds experience in leading highly proficient teams comprising of HR Specialists, HR Business Partners, and operations managers.

Brenda aims to develop a healthy workspace environment that nurtures new talent and helps operational partners meet their goals. Ensuring high-end compliance and execution of work responsibilities, she excels in the areas of staffing, employee relations, performance management, payroll/compliance, and development, organizational restructuring, workforce planning, and change management.

Brenda’s greatest source of inspiration comes from witnessing the growth and development of team members & operations partners. She admires working with others and helping them identify, analyze, and solve complex business issues through strategic leadership and teamwork. Besides this, she is an outdoor enthusiast who loves spending time in the company of her husband and two wonderful toddler boys.

 
Let us know if we can perform an HR solutions best practices assessment for your company.
Join us in Welcoming Patrick Gallagher to the Team!

Join us in Welcoming Patrick Gallagher to the Team!

We are proud to welcome Patrick Gallagher as the leader of Alpine’s Strategic Supply Chain Planning Services. Patrick is a 25-year supply chain engineering veteran who has designed, built and sustained distribution center networks for many Fortune 500 companies. He has a long history of results-oriented solutions in global supply chain engineering combined with the successful completion of multiple, complex supply chain integrations. Patrick uses a dynamic ability to manage multiple initiatives to deliver long lasting results crucial to overall supply chain performance.