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Who is Roy Strauss, the Person?
Roy has a strong passion for his consulting practice and thrives on solving difficult problems for his clients and finding new opportunities for success and profitability that were previously not observed. Planning is key, and Roy’s clients are always in a position to know what to do, how to do it, when to do it, and what it will cost over a wide variety of contingencies. Roy's ability to foster teamwork and overcome resistance to change have resulted in hundreds successful projects over the 27 years of his consulting practice.
Roy Strauss has lived in Oakland, New Jersey for over thirty years after growing up in New York City. He has a close knit family with a married daughter and grandson in San Mateo, Ca. and a soon to be married daughter in New York. Roy loves to travel and is an avid photographer. He participates in most sports, has competed in two triathlons and is a golfer and a hiker.
Why is Roy a Supply Chain Expert?
Roy founded the Strauss Consulting Group in 1983 and has been helping clients improve profitability and competitive edge by optimizing customer service while reducing costs. Roy’s experience in monitoring, managing, planning, and executing in a hyper growth environment allows him to impart those skills to and create new systems for his clients. Roy's experience in running companies as well as consulting allows him to provide executive level services and general management acumen that go far beyond the walls of the distribution/manufacturing center. Roy has developed proprietary solutions for growth planning, product mix selection and inventory management that provide his clients with a distinct competitive advantage.
What Roy is Writing About and Why You Should Read It?
Roy is writing about how companies can optimize customer service while reducing costs for increased profitability for both distribution and manufacturing operations. Key areas include operational planning; optimizing and managing product mix and inventory; systemizing operations; how to determine how much space you need, where, and in which building; using technology to best advantage; and using the correct balance of staff, space, and equipment to achieve company goals.
How can Roy Add Value to Your Company
Roy's company the Strauss Consulting Group brings together the unique combination of skill sets, experience, and talent to help your company gain a competitive edge and achieve optimal profitability while lowering operational costs. Accomplishments include: design and implementation of warehouse management and operational software, creating management systems that facilitate monitoring key metrics and ease supply chain management at all levels, and in two cases provided solutions that actually “saving a client’s business.” Roy has lectured on and trained industrial real estate professionals on how to find the best building for a given operation.
Many companies who use bar code technology are still plagued with excessive writing and/or data entry. This happens when many different types of information must be captured for each item during receiving and supplying vendors only bar code item numbers and/or descriptions and no other fields, or there are numerous potential next steps in the receiving process and they must be identified on the fly. These situations can occur whether for new receipts or returns.
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