Shipping, Transport and Logistics

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Rick Ikebuchi

Senior Consultant

Rick’s education and training is in industrial engineering, but he is also a certified facilitator in change process management.
As one of the world's largest providers of third-party and logistics (3PL) services our client wished to be able to more fully integrate and align with the strategic vision and objectives of it's clientèle. After a brief assessment our recommendation was to pursue an integrated service strategy with the client in order to reduce transaction costs, improve service outcomes and to increase the overall volume of business with their customer base.
September 4, 2009
Wewould like to congratulate Avantage consultant Daniel Gocsman for beingselected by Microsoft as the first Microsoft System Center Virtual TechnologySolution Professional (v-TSP) in Western Canada.
by Dr. Richard (Rick) Goossen, Ph.D. on August 22, 2009 at 8:00 am
A key to sustainable competitive advantage is to link CSR to the strengths of the business.  Michael Porter and Mark Kramer state in Harvard Business Review that if “corporations were to analyze their  prospects for social responsibility using the same frameworks that guide their core business choices, they would discover that CSR can be much m...
by Dr. Richard (Rick) Goossen, Ph.D. on August 19, 2009 at 8:08 am
The Economist noted last year that, “Company after company has been shaken into adopting a CSR policy:  It is almost unthinkable for a big global corporation to be without one.” (Jan 17, 2008) 
The Common Exception Management Framework is a technology-based solution that allows large organisations to centralise and consistently manage business exceptions including exceptions from internal business processes, system-to-system data integration and trading partner workflow and data integration.
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April Facey

Senior Consultant

April brings over 20 years of management and functional experience in operations and supply chain processes. Throughout her career she has assisted organizations with the development of their capabilities to realize strategic goals.
May 20, 2009
Avantage Principal Consultant, Dr. Richard Smith, will be presenting on Wednesday, May 20 at 6:30 PMat the SFU, School of Communication, 515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, Room #2270. 
May 1, 2009
We are pleased to announce today that April Facey has joined Avantage Partners as a senior consultant within the Connected Business practice.
April 1, 2009
The Massive Tech Show (http://www.massivetechshow.com/) is a one day event that shows companies with 1 to 250 employees how to embrace the power of technology.