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Howard Coleman

Howard Coleman

Howard Coleman is the Principal of MCA Associates, a management consulting firm since 1986. MCA Associates works primarily with wholesale distribution companies that are seeking and are committed to operational excellence. Coleman and his staff of senior consultants provide operational excellence — idea-leadership — and implement continuous improvement solutions focused on business process re-engineering, inventory and supply chain management, sales development and revenue generation, information systems and technology, and organizational assessment and development.

Howard is also the creator of the podcast "Distribution on the Cusp of Metamorphosis."

MCA Associates can be contacted at their corporate office in Connecticut at (203) 906-7268 or by email at hcoleman@mcaassociates.com. Visit their website at www.mcaassociates.com.

Articles

ARTICLES

Supply and Demand
Performance Management

Let’s Resolve this Chronic Conflict!

How to buy and sell reasonably, all while keeping inventory flow in check.
June 6, 2017
Howard Coleman
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Bear in mind that in spite of the fact that many of your closest suppliers probably have actual lead times...
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Conveyance: A beginning and an end

Here’s a lean, speed-of-flow strategy for distribution centers and warehouses. 
March 29, 2017
Howard Coleman
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If your company has growth aspirations, then a modern design of your distribution center and/or warehouses requires that you enable...
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The imperative of operational excellence

In the face of changing business operations, this isn’t just another Amazon discussion… but includes your customary competitors too. 
March 9, 2017
Howard Coleman
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Given the speed of change in wholesale-distribution, particularly in the “business value” every wholesale distributor will need to project, operational...
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The power of speed-of-flow

Don’t waste time in your distribution center or warehouse…for time is what your DC/warehouse is actually made up of!
January 10, 2017
Howard Coleman
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In wholesale-distribution, unlike in manufacturing environments, wasted time does not litter the factory floor like wasted material does. Wasting time differs...
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The truth about driving change that no one tells you

The call for change and innovation is everywhere. It’s often called disruption.
June 7, 2016
Howard Coleman
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There is much written about transformational leadership. They fill our book shelves, article after article and book after book. In...
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The future of DCs and warehouses

Data-driven, agile and real time
March 14, 2016
Howard Coleman
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As a consulting firm, MCA Associates has done some great work, I believe, with our wholesale distribution clients in modernizing...
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The challenges of distribution center design

January 5, 2016
Howard Coleman
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Maybe you know this story; Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto observed in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy was...
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The impacts of a well-managed supply chain

February 4, 2015
Howard Coleman
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Performance measurements do have a way of getting our attention, don’t they? But sometimes they have us focusing on the...
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What are the impacts of a well-managed supply chain?

January 6, 2015
Howard Coleman
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Performance measurements have a way of getting our attention, don’t they? But sometimes they have us focusing on the short-term...
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