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John Hogg established Straight Forward Consulting to provide years of supply chain leadership experience where clients need it most: in defining their strategy and improving its execution.
John and his associates help organizations that are experiencing:
- Bloated inventory levels
- Organizational dysfunction
- Underwhelming financial performance
- A disengaged workforce
- Out of control supply chain costs
- Dissatisfied customers
Tailored Solutions
John identifies and provides the solution tailored to your business, focusing on end-to-end integration across the supply chain processes. He helps you achieve greater alignment throughout your organization by balancing functional excellence and process excellence.
Passionate Focus
John is passionate about what he does, and he has an intense focus on your return on investment. He uses straight talk, and forward thinking. He’ll get you to your goals quickly and you’ll enjoy predictable, reliable results.
EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS
John has 36+ years of experience across all areas of the supply chain, including demand planning, supply planning and materials management, lean manufacturing, and logistics. He also has extensive experience in sales and operations planning, business process redesign, and ERP and MRP system implementation and development.
His hands-on, people-first approach has resulted in successful engagements with billion-dollar clients such as Thermo Fisher Scientific, Delaware North, Rich Products, Praxair, Moog, and the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, as well as countless smaller manufacturing and service companies from startups to $300+ million in revenue and every size in between.
Prior to founding Straight Forward, John spent 20 years at Rich Products Corp, a $3 billion food manufacturer, where he held leadership positions across all areas of the supply chain.
John earned a BA and an MBA from Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. In addition, he is a Certified Lean Sensei; a Certified Lean Professional; a Certified Business Process Master through Michael Hammer and Associates and has obtained Certification in Production and Inventory Management through the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS).
VALUES
Honesty and Integrity
The name Straight Forward was chosen for a reason — clients trust John to tell it like it is, and to keep his promise to them.
Accountability
John does what he says he is going to do.
Respect for Every Individual
From the boardroom to the shop floor, John values and respects every person’s perspective.
Respect the Process
Using data, not opinions or anecdotes to understand the process, John believes that if you fix the process, positive results will follow.
Continuous Improvement
John is hyper-focused on innovating and improving tools and our methodologies for clients.
SOME OF OUR SATISFIED CLIENTS
“Within a very short period, John created an action plan that was well thought out, concise, and most importantly, measurable. John’s efforts resulted in a radical inventory reduction of nearly 50% and an annual cost reduction of our transportation spend in LTL and ocean freight by 30% and 50% respectively.”
Eric Armenat
former CEO, Multisorb Technologies