GSA Warehouse Improvement Contract

Daniel Penn Associates Awarded
GSA Warehouse Improvement Contract

Hartford, CT - December 27, 2004

The U.S. Government has awarded a warehouse improvement contract to Daniel Penn Associates (DPA), a Hartford-based management consulting firm. Daniel Penn previously analyzed the warehouse operations and recommended a series of improvements that would free up storage space to accommodate more items, re-arrange item storage for faster and more accurate picking, and add more modern equipment for more efficient and productive operations. The Government has accepted these recommendations and authorized DPA to begin the next phase of their contract.

“We’re extremely pleased that our assessment recommendations were accepted and the implementation is moving forward,” said Mr. Tony Rodriguez, DPA’s President. “Key to any improvement effort is the implementation of the recommended solutions. We’re pleased to continue our work and bring about significant improvements in their efforts to serve their customers more effectively and to do so in a cost effective manner.”

The GSA’s Global Supply Alaska warehouse provides goods and materials to both military and civilian agencies of the federal government throughout the state of Alaska. DPA’s Analysis Study addressed the need to better utilize existing space, to improve business methods and processes, to handle more throughput with faster turn-around time, and to improve responsiveness to customer needs.

Recommendations from that study included re-arranging storage locations and venue, adding and eliminating equipment, and improving the order fulfillment (picking) operation. This improvement contract has Daniel Penn re-designing the layout, shelving and operating parameters of the warehouse, assisting in the selection of suppliers, coordinating vendor work in physical changeover activities, and training the warehouse staff in new picking procedures and equipment.

Daniel Penn Associates is a minority owned and operated management consulting firm with a proven track record of helping clients reduce costs, improve performance and achieve true competitive advantage. Since 1978, DPA has served private industry and government with services including spend management, business process improvement, cost reduction programs, supply chain logistics and optimization, lean methodologies, maintenance improvement, change management, and supplier diversity programs. In a performance and satisfaction survey of clients by Dun & Bradstreet, DPA received the highest rating of “outstanding”.

Contact
Tony Rodriguez
860-232-8577
info@danielpenn.com

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