Intuitive Logistics. Effective Solutions
Logistics Sciences
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Who we are
Ian Wright - Founder and Principal
Ian has over 30 years of extensive experience in logistics and supply chain operations and planning. He has worked strategically and operationally with a wide variety of customers and clients of all sizes, from small to Fortune 500, and across nearly every industry vertical. During this time Ian has undertaken operational, analytical, sales, training, software developer, senior management, and consulting roles. Prior to the beginning of his career, Ian studied undergraduate-level logistics management and international transportation at the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology. He went on to study Master's level operations research at the University of Sussex focusing on problems in logistics and transportation.
His past roles and extensive background in transportation, logistics, supply chain, operational research, and programming has allowed him to build a deep understanding of the problems faced in logistics by companies, service providers, and consultants. With this combination of practical and technical, he brings a fresh and different way of looking at the issues of the field emphasizing practical, simple, and effective solutions that work.
Prior Experience Summary
- Industry and 3PL: Castrol; FedEx Supply Chain Services (Roadway Logistics, Caliber Logistics); DHL Exel Supply Chain
- Led companies’ logistics design groups; FedEx Logistics Leadership Team; led strategic product and services development
- Operations management for leading brewing company customer
- Managed global account activity: responsible for global account operations, with customer budgets of $100MM-$350MM, staffs up to 2,500
- Led companies’ logistics design groups; FedEx Logistics Leadership Team; led strategic product and services development
- Consulting and Software Development: DiPS Distribution Planning Systems; Symbius; Logistics Sciences; Capgemini; EY
- Developed logistics planning software (Network/Transportation, Strategic/Operational); implemented in operations; trained; used in consulting projects
- Built and managed consulting teams, growing practices in one case to over $5MM annually
- Led multiple client projects in a wide variety of logistics-related areas in each consulting firm
- Developed logistics planning software (Network/Transportation, Strategic/Operational); implemented in operations; trained; used in consulting projects
Sample Industry Experience
- Automotive; Industrial; Chemicals, Paper, High Tech, & Life Sciences
- Global oversight of activity at a Top 5 Auto OEM account at the largest global supply chain and transportation services company
- Complete analysis and design of national distribution network for leading lubricants company and subsequent 3PL selection
- Distribution and inbound transportation strategy followed by selection and rationalization process for ocean, rail, and truck carriers
- Design, development, deployment, and user training of fleet vehicle maintenance application
- Global oversight of activity at a Top 5 Auto OEM account at the largest global supply chain and transportation services company
- Retail; Consumer Products; High Tech; Life Sciences
- Account responsibility for the world’s largest 3PL, in the oversight of solutions, implementations, and operations for 2 of the world’s largest convenience retail/food retail brands, one with up to 40,000 locations (more than any other) each across 5 continents and the other in more than 100 countries
- Global sourcing and supply chain modeling, design, and implementation planning for an early leading PC innovator and manufacturer
- Account responsibility for the world’s largest 3PL, in the oversight of solutions, implementations, and operations for 2 of the world’s largest convenience retail/food retail brands, one with up to 40,000 locations (more than any other) each across 5 continents and the other in more than 100 countries
Sample Consulting/Advisory Experience
- Over 100 network analysis, optimization, and design projects, covering both global supply chains or national operations in over 10 countries
- Software and Package Vendor selection: Strategic and Tactical Planning packages; TMS applications
- Planning/optimization and simulation technology development for networks, transportation, inventory planning, and forecasting
- Selections of 3PL providers; carriers (multiple modes); and warehouse providers for CPMG, Retail, Chemical, and other companies
- China Market Entry Strategy for major US 3PL and TL carrier
- Design of Malaysian distribution network and product flow/inventory holding policies