John Allaire

About John Allaire

Focus: Maximize service, performance and capacity in supply chain / logistics, retail and manufacturing organizations. Approach: Utilize extensive logistics engineering experience and expertise to analyze each operation based on unique requirements and constraints. Develop and implement a process improvement plan to meet short and long term service level, capacity and productivity goals while minimizing operational disruption. Background: Design, implementation and management of Engineered Labor Standards, Warehouse Management Systems and Transportation Management System programs for retail, wholesale and food service operations. Design, implementation and maintenance of performance-based incentive programs for warehousing, transportation and manufacturing operations. Company Experience: A&P, Acme, Albertsons, American Stores, Associated Food Stores, BI-LO, Food Emporium, Giant Food, Grocers Supply Company, Krasdale Foods, SpartanNash, Raley’s, Supervalu, Stop & Shop, Sysco, Tops, WinCo Foods and others. WMS and ELS Platforms: EXE, SSA and Infor, ProRep, Manhattan, Triceps and others. Methods and Procedures recommendation, justification and implementation, DC facility layout and design for conventional and automated operations in dry grocery, mid-temperature perishable and freezer environments. TMS and yard management systems and standards implementations for private fleet operations. Over 30 years experience dedicated to improving logistics and supply chain operations in small and large companies. Industry experience developing, recommending, testing and implementing WMS, LMS, TMS and incentive programs in union and non-union environments. Specialties: Engineered Labor Standards Performance Based Logistics Incentive Program Omplementation DC Design / Layout for Repack and Full Case, applications Network Optimization DC Capacity Optimization TMS Design / Implementation Grocery and Food Service Distribution HBC/GM, Pharmaceutical, Liquor, Specialty Distribution

Experience

1. Management Consultant Industrial Engineer

   Plaxo

   Apr 2003 — Present · Salt Lake City, UT, US

   Incentive program design and implementation for logistics and distribution operations- Engineered Labor Standards / ELS project management oversight- Development and implementation of transportation management system / TMS, labor management system / LMS and ELS applications- Testing, training and implementation of TMS, WMS and LMS applications- Methods and process improvement recommendations, justification and implementation- Time study data analysis, frequency rating, statistical evaluation, engineered labor standards development, validation and maintenance- Incentive program development, implementation and training- Liaison with client and union leadership regarding engineered labor standards implementations- Development of system requirements, CBA / Payback projections and results- Clients: Ahold Delhaize, Associated Food Stores, Giant Food, Krasdale Foods, MDV, Raley\'s, SpartanNash, Stop & Shop and WinCo Foods.

Education

• Montana State University-Bozeman

  BS

  1978 — 1983

• Air Force Institute of Technology-School of Systems and Logistics

  Production Management

  1986 — 1986