OIA Global specializes in providing athletic and outdoor industry services and solutions for packaging, warehousing and fulfillment, and transportation needs to meet the industry’s unique demands.
Athletic and outdoor brands face constant change and exacting supply chain challenges. Most brands have a moderate to strong seasonality, a broad supplier footprint, carry a considerable breadth of products, and are continuously introducing new products to the market, growing their SKUs.
Unlike other logistics providers, OIA offers a fully integrated optimization program. We develop industry-specific packaging with superior structural design in order to right-size your carton suite to your product. In turn, we design and supply the appropriate shipping carton suite to maximize the number of SKUs per box and develop load plans to optimize these cartons in an ocean or air container.
OIA optimizes your supply chain starting with your product extending through new product introductions. The result? More units per box, material reduction, product protection, more efficient loading, greater sustainability, and a lower cost per unit. We call this thinking inside the box.
Since broad supplier footprints require brands to shift capacity and capitalize on factory production availability, brands need a logistics partner that has a network, geographic footprint, and supplier relationships in the same territories as network partners. OIA Global is your eyes and ears around the globe.
CASE STUDIES: OIA in Action
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![A domestic managed transportation program that reduces costs and supports critical supply chain flows]()
A domestic managed transportation program that reduces costs and supports critical supply chain flows
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![A logistics program enables a new product without a hitch]()
A logistics program enables a new product without a hitch
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![An Asia-to-US import program enabling retail and direct-to-customer fulfillment]()
An Asia-to-US import program enabling retail and direct-to-customer fulfillment
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![Brand standards and sustainability challenges solved through vendor management and packaging redesign]()
Brand standards and sustainability challenges solved through vendor management and packaging redesign
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![Packaging optimization results in 20% savings for a large medical manufacturer]()
Packaging optimization results in 20% savings for a large medical manufacturer
Golf clubs are a highly seasonal and competitive product and clients retail and end user customers have exacting demands requiring country club deliveries, trade show management, and temporary inventory support. Time-sensitive delivery windows and locations without unloading facilities pose additional challenges.
Golf clubs and apparel are highly seasonal and competitive industries, and our customer, a major manufacturer and retailer, was in danger of missing retail deadlines for its newly designed products. Failure to have the product in stores would have cost the company millions in lost revenue.
Customer Challenge:
Our customer, a major importer of bicycles and apparel, was experiencing fast growth, challenging the company’s ability to position its brand and meet sustainability goals. Market expansion required an increased number of vendors, more coordination, and costly quality checks. This meant the company needed to meet additional sustainability requirements while also maintaining brand standards.
