CASE STUDIES
Inbound Freight Strategy Implementation - Energy Company
Results: $21.8M saved I 51x savings vs. fees
During an opportunity assessment, nSource Advisors interviewed stakeholders, profiled the category, and baselined the customer’s inbound freight spend. Seven strategies were identified and implemented, saving our customer over $20M or 28%. The customer used the findings and approach from the project as their inbound freight strategy blueprint moving forward for all categories.
Building a Supply Chain Org - Home & Commercial Products Manufacturer
Results: $48M saved I 19.2x savings vs. fees
Recent private equity acquisition revealed immediate need to create value by aggressively cutting costs and creating a centralized supply chain organization. nSource Advisors was tasked to design and build the customer's global supply chain team and to fill the organizational talent gap. nSource led cost savings projects with the new supply chain team and implemented strategic sourcing processes to save the customer $48M annually.
Air & Ocean Opportunity Assessment & Implementation - Manufacturer
Results: $4.8M saved I 16x savings vs. fees
By consolidating global air and ocean freight spend and executing a comprehensive RFP, nSource Advisors was able to reduce the annual freight spend by $4.8M or 17.7%, while increasing visibility to all shipments, improving delivery service times, and enabling continuous improvement moving forward.
Sourcing Steel Pipe - Energy Company
Results: $28.5M saved I 47x savings vs. fees
By profiling the spend and creating a “should cost” model for finished line pipe, we were able to take $372M of spend to the global supply market. Through this process, nSource Advisors was able to identify four key strategies that generated $28.5M or 8% savings.
LTL Opportunity Assessment & Implementation - Services /
Infrastructure Company
Results: $3.2M saved I 10.7x savings vs. fees
By profiling and learning the business requirements of the customer’s LTL freight and taking $14M of spend to market, nSource Advisors was able to identify and implement four key strategies that generated $3.2M or 23% savings.
Centralized Procurement - Diversified Manufacturing Company
Results: $24M saved I 18.5x savings vs. fees
Utilizing a global cross-functional team, we helped our customer create a centralized procurement team for select categories that was successful in aligning corporate and division resources and delivered annualized savings of $24M on a stretch goal of $17M in the first year.