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For Immediate release
Ref. NRE20030918
KOM International and American Textile Achieve Impressive Results
MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada, September 18, 2003 – KOM International Inc., a global leader in supply chain consulting, announced today that it has successfully finalized a consulting project that has yielded impressive results for the leading maker of private-label mattress and pillow covers, American Textile Company. The results KOM International has helped its client achieve include: increased storage and throughput capacity to accommodate a 200% growth in business volumes without facility expansion; a 500% increase in dock staging capacity; improved order turnaround; and a targeted cut in distribution costs of 50%.
Mr. Lance Ruttenburg, Executive Vice President, Operations American Textile Company has the following to say about KOM International. “KOM was absolutely critical to the success of this project and will be an important part of the ongoing improvements in our distribution and warehousing requirements. KOM International is a very fine company with wonderful people and tremendous knowledge.”
Allan Kohl, Senior Partner responsible for the project, comments on the firm's mandate: “Our objective was to assist American Textile to accommodate a rapid growth in sales. Our commitment was to provide an efficient, flexible materials handling system to meet the high service expectations of our client's customers.”
About KOM International
KOM International is a global leader in supply chain consulting services with over 45 years of experience and 3,600 projects successfully completed. KOM International provides innovative and proven supply chain consulting services that enable companies around the world to manage their logistics activities more effectively. KOM International has worked with many of today's fortune 500 companies across a wide spectrum of industry sectors to deliver world-class customer service levels at the lowest possible operating cost. KOM International's core competencies include: supply chain strategy, distribution center design and layout, improving existing distribution operations, supply chain technology solution selection and implementation, inventory management, and warehouse and transportation management consulting.
Contact: Denise Beamish, Marketing Manager
514-849-4000 Ext. 241 Fax: 514-849-8888
db@komintl.com
KOM International also invites you to visit us at our website at www.komintl.com.
Copyright
© 2003 KOM International, Inc. All rights reserved. Disclaimer.