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Testimonials from our CustomersDon't just take our word for it. Read what our customers have to say......
“We have worked with several consultants over the years and found Rick to be refreshingly different. While others developed their knowledge from academia and books, Rick has years of operational experience building and managing global supply chain businesses in addition to his education. While most other consultants like to tell clients what needs to be done and how to do it, then leave. Rick is most effective in working alongside his clients on effective implementation. He proved to be equally at ease and effective working with our top executives as he was with the factory workers on the shop floor.”…..” Rick also lead a cross functional team in design and implementation of a Sales and Operational Planning process which enabled monitoring sales forecast accuracy and G.P.S. supply effectiveness in supporting sales.” “We highly recommend Rick to any organization which needs help in enhancing a current supply chain system or starting from scratch.” Ken Morrison ....................................
As President of Russell Athletic, I worked closely with Rick Gardner for several years. Rick was an integral part of the company’s improved service and transformation from a domestic supplier to a global manufacturing company. His work ethic, ability to dig into detail using strong analytical skills, his complete understanding of the total Supply Chain and the needs of our customers balanced with a "can-do" attitude and team approach made him invaluable and a pleasure to work with. Rick is a true professional in every sense of the word. Matt Mirchin .................................... Our business is highly competitive, low costs and quick response are essential to our success. We requested the services of Precision Approach Consulting to conduct a process review of our manufacturing operations to find ways to improve productivity and reduce costs in one of our departments that was experiencing increased demand. Rick Gardner of Precision Approach conducted a thorough review of the processes in this department and was able to identify significant cost savings in raw materials and process supplies. In addition, he used audio-visual equipment to document many of the issues he identified so that he could visually present them to our management team and to the manufacturing staff in the department. This innovative technique saved us additional time and money. The total savings he identified on this one project paid for his services in one week! We highly recommend Precision Approach Consulting. Dennis Parker .................................... To Whom It May Concern: I have known and worked with Rick Gardner since 1999. We initially meet when Rick came to Russell Corporation as Vice President of Manufacturing and I was the Director of Information Technology. Russell Corporation was a major provider of leisure wear and Sports Apparel with domestic sales in excess of $1 billion dollars. Rick was tasked to rapidly formulate and implement a coherent offshore manufacturing strategy for a Company that had until that time remained primarily focused on domestic production. This was a task of enormous size because of the style complexities of the various distribution channels. In order to accomplish this, it was necessary to have a clear vision as what needed to be accomplished, a complete understanding of Supply Chain interactions, a practical knowledge of the realities of manufacturing in a foreign country, a willingness to exploit technology and the organization skills to pull together the diverse group of Corporate Personnel required to accomplish such a goal. Rick demonstrated the ability to motivate and challenge the leaders of each of the disciplines involved to look for innovative and cost effective ways to meet the overall goals of the project. Rick left Russell in 2003 to start his own business and I had moved into the manufacturing area of Russell as Director of Operations for College Licensed Division. Since that time, I have contracted Rick to assist us with several projects with respect to operator productivity. Again, I think this reflects Rick’s ability to tackle projects of any size and complexity and make recommendations that are effective and pragmatic for any size organization. More importantly, Rick with his multi-lingual background and diverse hands on experience has the ability to conduct these studies in a way that is relatively non intrusive to the existing operations and non-threatening to the employees. Over the course of my career I have had to utilize consulting services numerous times, ranging from individual consultants to large consulting firms. I would rank Rick Gardner’s services in the upper echelon of firms that I have worked with and would not hesitate to utilize him for my own business. I can with complete confidence recommend his professionalism, knowledge and ability in helping any company regardless of size with their Operational or Supply Chain needs. Bob Hogan Ph.D.
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