Menlo Worldwide Logistics is an industry leader in managing high-tech supply chains for customers across various industry segments—including computers and peripherals, printers and copiers, networking equipment, semiconductor manufacturing and electronics manufacturing services. We pride ourselves on leveraging our vast knowledge to deliver innovative solutions that yield results for our clients.
Our global infrastructure, experience, Lean principles and leading-edge IT solutions provide high-tech clients with the tools to effectively address a highly competitive, rapidly changing business environment. In addition to a core competency in fulfillment and transportation management, focused service offerings, such as postponement, vendor-managed inventory programs and global supply chain visibility, enhance our clients’ abilities to manage inventories and speed product to market.
A key challenge in today’s high-tech industry is designing and managing a reliable, yet flexible, supply chain. Accelerated product life cycles, outsourced manufacturing, security concerns and globalization of supply chains bring complex challenges. Menlo Worldwide Logistics works closely with clients to deliver solutions that address these unique requirements.
Leveraging Our Industry Experience
Through years of serving some of the leading global high-tech companies, Menlo Worldwide Logistics has developed a core competency in designing and implementing best practices in supply chain management. Our experience spans a broad spectrum of logistics activities across the high-tech supply chain—including inbound materials to manufacturing; contract manufacturer and OEM warehousing and flow-through centers; and finished product deliveries to reseller, retail and consumer channels. Regional and global projects cover the Asian, European and North American regions.
At Menlo Worldwide Logistics, we understand that each high-tech sector has unique supply chain requirements. Our high-tech team has extensive logistics expertise in the following:
- Computers and printers
- Networking equipment and telecommunications
- Consumer electronics
- Data storage
- Semiconductor manufacturing and equipment
- Electronics services manufacturing
Lean Practices Are Key to Operations Excellence
Within the high-tech industry, there is constant pressure to lower costs while maintaining superior quality and service. Our solutions are designed around Lean practices utilizing a structured approach to continual improvement. Our approach is company-wide training in Lean methodologies — every associate has an eye for identifying waste and a responsibility to eliminate and sustain.
Value-stream mapping is used to pinpoint waste and areas of improvement. Kaizen events are held throughout the company—with more than 70 performed among our high-tech projects alone over the past year. These opportunities are tracked using scorecard metrics that measure the effectiveness and quantifiable value of our Lean efforts.
Solutions Designed to Provide Optimization, Control and Visibility
Managing complex, global supply chains with high-value inventories and demanding customer requirements requires innovative solutions supported by advanced IT capabilities. Menlo Worldwide Logistics’ knowledge of the dynamic business environment in which our customers operate allows us to drive down inventory requirements and logistics costs, while increasing the speed at which clients can move products from source to customer.
Focused industry solutions that meet these challenges include:
- Hub services—vendor-managed inventory (VMI), cross-dock, merge
- Delivery performance—perfect order, execution management
- Global network visibility—integration of logistics information, control of flows
- Postponement—packaging, kitting, configuration
- Direct ship—reducing product touches, optimizing flows
Menlo Worldwide Logistics will work with you to address your unique supply chain challenges and develop the right solution to meet your needs. Whether your requirements are for a focused distribution solution or global supply chain management, we’re ready to help you.
