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SHIPPING & LOGISTICS created a co-shipping partnership within distribution centers in Texas, Florida and Georgia. The experiment has been largely successful, with K-C taking trucks off the road and reducing costs to eliminate total transportation miles by 10 percent. "Aſter seeing how this solution Scott DeGroot, director of Customer Supply Chain Strategy at Kimberly- Clark in Neenah. Because these partnerships have " says "It's a lot like entering a marriage. We need trust, transparency and a willingness to commit even through challenging times. If one fails, we both do." –Scott DeGroot, direc tor of Customer Supply Chain Strategy at Kimberly-Clark in Neenah has driven our ability to deliver smaller batches more oſten, reduce congestion and lower inventory costs, CVS has been very supportive, become common practice throughout Europe, DeGroot would stop short of calling K-C a pioneer in co-shipping innovations, "but we are among the first in recent history to do this in a practical way in the United States. We've talked about doing this here for more than a decade in North America." In addition to CVS and Colgate- Palmolive, K-C has been working with General Mills, S. C. Johnson and grocers Kroger and Wakefern Food Corp., to name a few. The company is planning to launch a new initiative in 2013 to reach more retail partners to facilitate this kind of sharing, but DeGroot knows well that it will take more than powerhouse K-C to drive the response. "We have been speaking about this capability to industry and academic groups to grow a big community of interested parties to develop industry standards, advance the logistics and the tools it will take for everyone to The Face of a Keller Customer Our Valued Customer. Without them we would be nothing. This is the face of our company we treasure most. The big smile on the face of someone we just helped to expand their business, remodel their office or build them a business where they can be more productive, effective and happy. CEO of Capital Credit Union, who has chosen Keller for 12 building projects across Northeast Wisconsin. People like Al Zierler, Al has a face we love, not only because it has a big smile, but because time and time again he trusts the design/ build experts at Keller to put that smile on his face. We are Employee-Owned, Design/Build Experts. But don't just take us at face value, call today and experience for yourself the difference that is Keller, Inc. succeed," DeGroot says. DeGroot is hoping these best practice examples will move the industry to new collaboration opportunities. He adds that K-C still has work to do on its capabilities development to make this kind of collaboration scalable, and points to a bold and similar corporate culture of partner companies as the key to moving forward. "It's a lot like entering a marriage. The benefits remain tantalizing, but We need trust, transparency and a willingness to commit even through challenging times," DeGroot says. "If one fails, we both do. " Construction Excellence Since 1960 1.800.236.2534 l www.kellerbuilds.com Offices in the Fox Cities, Madison, Milwaukee & Wausau 38 | INSIGHT • September 2012 A FACE of Keller www. insightonbusiness.com Al Zierler, CEO Capital Credit Union