Roy Strauss

Value Proposition:

To increase our clients’ profitability and competitive edge by improving their customer service while reducing their operational costs.

Our System:
> SCG provides contingency-based operational growth plans with monitoring tools to ensure the success of the client’s marketing growth plan. As business volumes change, our clients know what to do, how to do it, when to do it and how much it will cost.
> Our proven methods help determine optimal product mix and inventory levels and systems to manage them successfully. Results are reduced costs for inventory, space, staff, and equipment and improved customer service.
> Our expertise in space requirements planning, layout, and facilities ensures that our clients will Read more

Value Proposition:

To increase our clients’ profitability and competitive edge by improving their customer service while reducing their operational costs.

Our System:
> SCG provides contingency-based operational growth plans with monitoring tools to ensure the success of the client’s marketing growth plan. As business volumes change, our clients know what to do, how to do it, when to do it and how much it will cost.
> Our proven methods help determine optimal product mix and inventory levels and systems to manage them successfully. Results are reduced costs for inventory, space, staff, and equipment and improved customer service.
> Our expertise in space requirements planning, layout, and facilities ensures that our clients will be in the right amount and type of space and using it properly continuously.
> Our proficiency in supply chain software encompasses both design and acquisition.
> SCG develops system-based vs. people-oriented business operations with measuring tools to ensure that all employees use “best practices,” resulting in maximum efficiency.
> We design all aspects of your distribution and/or manufacturing center, combining space, process, staff, equipment, and IT resources for high throughput, low cost operations.

SCG's Competitive Advantage:
> Our Senior Staff has executive and senior level experience with 4 major consulting firms so our innovative solutions include the “best of the rest.”
> We have a solid track record with repeat business from companies that range from Fortune 500 to start-ups since 1983.
> Our broad experience and diverse skills allow us to design and implement high ROI solutions with minimal risk.
> Our team brings long-term experience running companies and leverages significant business management experience in all of our work.

Benefits to the Client:
> Proactive management: our clients have the ability to proactively manage their business, rather than react to the latest problem.
> Cost savings: we provide temporary executive level expertise in areas of specialization that do not require permanent staff and we are “trusted advisers” for many companies.
> Fresh perspective: we provide new ideas and viewpoints from outside your organization
> Time savings: We supplement your internal talent so that you may expedite projects that would have to wait otherwise or complete ongoing projects more quickly.

Additional Credentials:
> Write a monthly featured article in “SME Asia”
> Numerous presentations to many industry groups both at national conferences and local meetings

A typical engagement can be an operations review to a full blown project. In an operations review we typically spend 2 - 3 days reviewing the operation in MC, DC, office studying growth projections and related issues, systems and operations, space - usage, layout, requirements, IT systems including software and hardware, management proficiency and staffing, equipment, automation to manual, and purchasing and inventory practices. We study key data for growth, sales, and inventory on a high level. We then produce a report recommending quick fixes and areas requiring more detailed study for long term success. The cost will be $5-$6,000 but the ROI gained from quick fixes is often much more. For long term results, we can design the whole distribution/manufacturing center (please see our website). We provide monitoring systems for growth so the client is always in a planning mode and whatever happens will know what to do. We offer complete project implementation services for project success

STRAUSS CONSULTING CLIENT LIST

Strauss Consulting professionals have completed hundreds of consulting engagements associated with the planning, design, and implementation of manufacturing, distribution, and logistics facilities, supply chain, and software since 1983. The following list includes project engagements that have been managed by Strauss’ principals and its executive team. * indicates multiple projects.


INDUSTRIAL / STEEL / CHEMICALS / HARDWARE / PIPE / PLUMBING
• Reliable Automatic Sprinkler*
• Chamberlain
• Troy Chemical*
• Anvil International*
• Fujitec
• PACOA*
• Velcro USA*
• Hoboken Floor
• Leeson Electric Motor*
• Strong Man Building Products
• Prudential Stainless Pipe*
• Kulite Tungsten Corp.
• Brisk Waterproofing
• Matco-Norca
• Somfy*
• Pleatco*

ELECTRONICS / ELECTRIC / TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Fuji USA
• Verizon
• Sony Distribution / Larsam*
• American Electric / Thomas & Betts
• Pass & Seymour - LeGrand*
• Mars International
• Lowell Lighting
• Proteus Technology
• Bulbtronics*

AUTOMOTIVE / AVIATION, Etc.
• Four Winns
• Packard Industries
• Freudenberg-Nok
• People Express Airlines*
• Jet Aviation*

HEALTH CARE / COSMETICS
• Merck Medco*
• Becton Dickinson*
• HD Smith*
• Knipper
• Bio Coat
• Livingston Pharmaceutical
• Pfizer Animal Health
• Neuman Distributors*
• Contract Rx (CPS)*
• Howmedica
• Homedics
• Playtex/Banana Boat
• PCI*

FOOD / PERISHABLE / FLORAL
• Bilo Supermarkets
• Food Giant
• Colonial Stores
• First National Stores*
• Finast Perishable
• P & C Markets
• B Green & Company
• Balanced Foods, Inc.
• Sherman Foods*
• Portland Fish Exchange
• I Epstein & Sons
• Natural Packaging
• National Sea Corp.
• American Frozen Foods
• Delaware Valley Wholesale Florist*
• Palm Bay Imports

APPAREL / FASHION / ACCESSORIES / FOOTWARE / TEXTILE / FLOORING
• Ferragamo USA*
• Hickey Freeman*
• Kate Spade
• Osiris Shoes
• Elite Home Products
• Phillip Jeffries
• Glenway Edison
• Printmaker, Ltd.
• A.D. Sutton & Sons
• Big Fly Sports
• Betesh Group
• RGA Accessories/Worldwide Dreams*
• Santana Shirts
• Randy Hanger Company*
• Adam & Eve

OFFICE SUPPLIES / BOOKS / ARTS / NOVELTIES / GIFT / HOME PRODUCTS
• Allied Office Supply*
• Giftco, Inc.*
• Sher Distributors
• Utrecht Manufacturing
• Prestige Toy*
• Polder, Inc.
• Premier Office Supply
• Avaline
• Millennium Leather
• Medallion Retail
• Casabella*
• Temtec
• Austin Productions
• Willinger Brothers/Second Nature*
• JW Pet Company*

MAIL ORDER / CATALOG / THIRD PARTY
• Jack Daniels Premium Warehouse
• L & H Vitamins/Vitamins.com*
• Vitamin Shoppe
• New York Card Company*
• Federation Logistics*

STRAUSS CONSULTING CLIENT LIST

Strauss Consulting professionals have completed hundreds of consulting engagements associated with the planning, design, and implementation of manufacturing, distribution, and logistics facilities, supply chain, and software since 1983. The following list includes project engagements that have been managed by Strauss’ principals and its executive team.  * indicates multiple projects.


INDUSTRIAL / STEEL / CHEMICALS / HARDWARE / PIPE / PLUMBING
• Reliable Automatic Sprinkler*
• Chamberlain
• Troy Chemical*
• Anvil International*
• Fujitec
• PACOA*
• Velcro USA*
• Hoboken Floor
• Leeson Electric Motor*
• Strong Man Building Products
• Prudential Stainless Pipe*
• Kulite Tungsten Corp.
• Brisk Waterproofing
• Matco-Norca
• Somfy*
• Pleatco*

ELECTRONICS / ELECTRIC / TELECOMMUNICATIONS
• Fuji USA
• Verizon
• Sony Distribution / Larsam*
• American Electric / Thomas & Betts
• Pass & Seymour - LeGrand*
• Mars International
• Lowell Lighting
• Proteus Technology
• Bulbtronics*

AUTOMOTIVE / AVIATION, Etc.
• Four Winns
• Packard Industries
• Freudenberg-Nok
• People Express Airlines*
• Jet Aviation*

HEALTH CARE / COSMETICS
• Merck Medco*
• Becton Dickinson*
• HD Smith*
• Knipper
• Bio Coat
• Livingston Pharmaceutical
• Pfizer Animal Health
• Neuman Distributors*
• Contract Rx (CPS)*
• Howmedica
• Homedics
• Playtex/Banana Boat
• PCI*

FOOD / PERISHABLE / FLORAL
• Bilo Supermarkets
• Food Giant
• Colonial Stores
• First National Stores*
• Finast Perishable
• P & C Markets
• B Green & Company
• Balanced Foods, Inc.
• Sherman Foods*
• Portland Fish Exchange
• I Epstein & Sons
• Natural Packaging
• National Sea Corp.
• American Frozen Foods
• Delaware Valley Wholesale Florist*
• Palm Bay Imports

APPAREL / FASHION / ACCESSORIES / FOOTWARE / TEXTILE / FLOORING
• Ferragamo USA*
• Hickey Freeman*
• Kate Spade
• Osiris Shoes
• Elite Home Products
• Phillip Jeffries
• Glenway Edison
• Printmaker, Ltd.
• A.D. Sutton & Sons
• Big Fly Sports
• Betesh Group
• RGA Accessories/Worldwide Dreams*
• Santana Shirts
• Randy Hanger Company*
• Adam & Eve

OFFICE SUPPLIES / BOOKS / ARTS / NOVELTIES / GIFT / HOME PRODUCTS
• Allied Office Supply*
• Giftco, Inc.*
• Sher Distributors
• Utrecht Manufacturing
• Prestige Toy*
• Polder, Inc.
• Premier Office Supply
• Avaline
• Millennium Leather
• Medallion Retail
• Casabella*
• Temtec
• Austin Productions
• Willinger Brothers/Second Nature*
• JW Pet Company*

MAIL ORDER / CATALOG / THIRD PARTY
• Jack Daniels Premium Warehouse
• L & H Vitamins/Vitamins.com*
• Vitamin Shoppe
• New York Card Company*
• Federation Logistics*