Neil OConnell

Neil is an intuitive leader with extensive experience managing and continuously improving business processes, people, and systems at manufacturing, retail, and transportation/distribution companies. As a senior manager, Neil has optimized results in supply chain, logistics, technology and business development at large multinationals and smaller start-up companies. This includes extensive Mergers and Acquisitions and post deal integration experience. As a result, Neil effectively applies industry best practices that enable lower operating costs, decreased use of working capital and improved customer satisfaction.

•Worked with the principal of a venture fund owned 3PL on large client executive level acquisition/closing to create new product Read more

Neil is an intuitive leader with extensive experience managing and continuously improving business processes, people, and systems at manufacturing, retail, and transportation/distribution companies. As a senior manager, Neil has optimized results in supply chain, logistics, technology and business development at large multinationals and smaller start-up companies. This includes extensive Mergers and Acquisitions and post deal integration experience. As a result, Neil effectively applies industry best practices that enable lower operating costs, decreased use of working capital and improved customer satisfaction.

•Worked with the principal of a venture fund owned 3PL on large client executive level acquisition/closing to create new product lines and enable sales to drive revenue to these products.
•Organized and led a Global process logistics re-engineering effort for the number two Global Medical Imaging company using Lean Sigma tools that resulted in spin-off Tiger teams
•Led a team called in to review major inventory issues at an oil tool company. Our solution included systems, process and personnel fixes that eliminated the inventory issue.
•Managed key partner relationships with Oracle, Manhattan, Fortna and others resulting in substantial referral business.
•A national new store distribution center was brought online in 45 days.
•A Regional Distribution Center was brought on-line within 60 days.
•For a major lighting manufacturer, designed and implemented a portal that provided real-time track and trace, inventory management, Global factory planning and Available to Promise capablity.
•Designed and installed warehouse and distribution processes and systems for a high-volume flow-through and e-commerce distribution center that handled all ‘fast movers’, highly pilferable and promotion materials.

Our capabilities include long term supply or transportation planning/optimization at a macro level to delivery, pricing, optimization and transportation planning/execution.
Engagements can be from several guidance calls with advice to several days per week over months advising on large, complex process changes, systems selection/acquisitions and installs to overall network/supply plan optimizations. We have the expertise to tackle these kinds of issues.

• Masonite
• 3M
• Best Buy
• Target
• DuPont
• Allied Signal
• Bose
• Wenaas
• AT&T
• Home Depot
• Chemlogix
• Kuehne & Nagel
• Phillips Medical

• Masonite
• 3M
• Best Buy
• Target
• DuPont
• Allied Signal
• Bose
• Wenaas
• AT&T
• Home Depot
• Chemlogix
• Kuehne & Nagel
• Phillips Medical