Focused on Distribution and Manufacturing

Ram Charan, advisor to CEOs of Fortune 50 companies, writes:

“A synchronized organization doing a few things really well is like a champion rowing team—people working together with a certain rhythm that allows the group to do things the individual could never accomplish. Synchronization expands the capacity of the whole team and allows them to achieve a high level of success.”

While it is a common practice in the Information Technology industry to try to be all things to all people, at Clients First we recognize that this is a difficult if not an impossible feat. As Ram Charan advocates, the philosophy at Clients First is to focus our energies on 'doing a few things really well.' We dedicate ourselves to the distribution and manufacturing industries.

Clients First brings to the table extensive expertise that help organizations reduce costs, improve the customer experience, and optimize day-to-day operational efficiencies.

Our areas of expertise include:

	Order processing & responsive customer service
	Picking, packing, and shipping
	Optimized inventory control
	Product forecasting & purchasing
	Importing, landed-cost, and exporting
	Bar coding and warehouse management
	Optimized collections & cash flow
	EDI, XML, and systems integration
	Web-based customer self-service
	Sales & gross margin analysis
	Bill of Materials and configuration
	Production forecasting & scheduling
	Raw materials planning
	Production orders and product costing
	Just in time