CASE STUDY
Distribution transitioned across 14 countries in seven months
A result without a date is a story. A result with a date is evidence.
100% of distributors and existing retailers transitioned; five distribution centers closed in favor of in-country networks.
WHERE THIS USUALLY STARTS
The situations we recognize on the first call.
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Your case studies have no dates and no bounded outcomes.
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Your results are claimed, not evidenced.
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Your engagements are described in deliverables, not in decisions made under uncertainty.
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You have a portfolio of work and no proof it held.
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Countries transitioned, within a seven-month window
100%
Of distributors and existing retailers transitioned
The engagement
Challenge
The automotive line was acquired and had to shift out of existing European, Middle Eastern and African warehouse arrangements into a new distribution division.
Approach
The transition covered more than 30 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with distribution placed market by market, including Sapfire in Russia.
Outcome
Distribution transitioned across 14 countries in a seven-month window, with 100% of distributors and existing retailers transitioned, and five distribution centers closed in favor of in-country distribution networks.
This engagement sits within our Operations & Sustainability practice. For more documented evidence, see where our brands reach shelf.
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A decision under uncertainty
A prospective client read a case study without a date and could not tell whether the result still held. The constraint was that an undated result is a story, not evidence. The trade-off was between publishing polished outcomes or publishing dated, bounded ones. GLOWINT chose the dates. A multi-decade track record is a strength only when the years are visible.
WHERE THIS GOES NEXT
Where this usually starts.
A two-week diagnostic, on site, with your internal and external stakeholders. You get a written view of where the constraint actually sits, what it would take to move it, and whether we are the right firm to help. If we are not, we will say so.
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The automotive line was acquired and had to shift out of existing European, Middle Eastern and African warehouse arrangements into a new distribution division, covering more than 30 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Distribution transitioned across 14 countries in a seven-month window, with 100 percent of distributors and existing retailers transitioned, and five distribution centers closed in favor of in-country distribution networks.
The engagement ran in 2012 to 2013. Distribution was placed market by market, including Sapfire in Russia.
Operations and Sustainability. The engagement sits within that practice, which covers process optimization, procurement, global sourcing and operations footprint design.