A massive North American packaging manufacturer sought support from AlixPartners to gain insight into pricing, trade spend, and procurement—and these efforts, combined with cost reduction and turnaround for a BU TK, helped them realize exceptional savings.
We began by conducting an analysis of customer and product profitability and trade spend, facilitating the delivery of $29 million in improvement. The further development and execution of a plan for logistics and policy changes achieved an added $16 million in savings.
An initiative combining local plant improvement with central supply chain planning and scheduling for maximum modernization and efficiency delivered an additional $38 million in improvement.
Finally, our procurement support, accomplished through multiple waves, netted $33 million in savings.
$100mn
EBITDA increase
Ultimately, AlixPartners’ comprehensive efforts to streamline processes while uncovering and addressing inefficiencies with strategic initiatives, helped the client achieve a robust $100 million EBITDA increase, along with impressive savings.
