Bio of Steve Hopper Summary Stephen T. Hopper, P.E., Founder and Principal with Inviscid Consulting, is a supply chain professional who is passionate about helping clients boost profitability by saving time and money, improving customer-service levels, increasing capacity, and reducing risk in their production, warehousing, distribution, and logistics operations. Steve has solved supply chain problems for numerous clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations by cutting their operating costs and boosting the performance of their people, inventory, facilities, information technologies, tools, and equipment. During his career, which spans more than 25 years, Steve has held high-profile positions at several leading companies in the supply chain industry, including Kurt Salmon, RedPrairie (now part of JDA), Retek (now part of Oracle), and the logistics consulting unit of Deloitte. Steve earned a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE) degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech). He is also a Six Sigma Green Belt and a licensed professional engineer (P.E.), and he occasionally serves as an expert witness in litigation related to supply chain operations. Capabilities Conception, Modeling, Analysis, Design, and Reengineering of Manufacturing, Warehousing, and Distribution Operations and Business Processes Strategic Distribution Network Planning Distribution Center Planning, Design & Process Improvement Economic Evaluation and Justification of Alternative Solutions Design, Estimation, Specification, Selection, and Implementation of Material Handling Systems and Supply Chain Information Systems Improvement of Labor Productivity, Resource Utilization and Customer Service Levels Reduction of Inventory Product Serialization, Track & Trace, & ePedigree Supply Chain Solutions Expertise Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) Labor Management Systems (LMS) Transportation Management Systems (TMS) Warehouse Control Systems (WCS) Inventory Optimization & Slotting Order Picking Systems Integrated Material Handling and Storage Systems Sortation Systems Packaging & Labeling Systems Bar Coding & RFID Pharmaceutical / Health & Life Sciences Industrial / Automotive High-Tech / Electronics Wholesale / General Distribution Third-Party Logistics (3PL) Industry Expertise Multi-Channel Retail Direct-to-Consumer / Ecommerce / Catalog Consumer Goods Apparel / Footwear Food / Beverage Education, Certification, & Associations Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE), The Georgia Institute of Technology Board-Certified, Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.), State of Georgia Six Sigma Green Belt President, Atlanta WERCouncil, Warehousing Education & Research Council (WERC) Member, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Phone: +1.404.832.5326 Email: [email protected] On the Web: www.inviscidconsulting.com On LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stevehopper
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