In today’s fast paced environment, business processes must be finely tuned to optimize profitability. The need for fast responses and on-line answers has meant a change in the roles that the industry traditionally expects from supply chain elements and customer service processes. Designing these processes and implementing their use has become a worldwide challenge.

The McCormick Jahncke Group has extensive experience in process review and design in all areas of the inter- national supply chain, including supporting information technology. The McCormick Jahncke Group has generated practical operational solutions for our multi-national clients, using new systems and processes to enhance and improve long-term profitability.

· For a regional port authority, the McCormick Jahncke Group streamlined the purchasing approval process, systematizing nearly all of the approvals required for high volume, low value purchases. We recommended a procurement card buying process and trained a broad range of company employees on the process.

· For three international chemical manufacturers, we have improved the process of buying international ocean freight, through global bundling, use of volume incentive contracts with selected global carriers, and integrated booking and documentation with reporting on cargo flows and cost savings achieved. In just one company, the result was a $16 million annual savings in ocean transport cost.