TricorBraun Solutions Delivered | Issue 2 | Vol 1

ISSUE 2 | VOLUME 1

SOLUTIONS DELIVERED INNOVATIVE OPTIONS FOR TODAY’S PACKAGING PROFESSIONALS

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT REDUCING COMPLEXITY LIMITLESS OPTIONS PROBLEM SOLVED OPTIMAL SERVICE

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FEATURES Reducing Complexity

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Limitless Options

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Problem Solved

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Optimal Service

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REDUCING COMPLEXITY A century of experience. A talented team of experts. And a commitment to your packaging success. Whether your packaging needs are stock or custom, short or long term, straightforward or complex, we work with flexibility toward the best integrated solution for you. At TricorBraun, we strive to simplify the entire process and optimize your path to success from ideation to commercialization.

So, when it comes to Supply Chain Management, our ultimate goal is to provide you with the right product, the right way, at the right place and on time. This includes everything from inventory management

and distribution to supplier management, transportation and customer service.

Our extensive manufacturer partnerships, resources and experience coupled with reliable and strategic management of every aspect of getting your packaging delivered, filled and distributed is what we do best.

We can evaluate your existing supply chain, simplify your supply chain or create a new supply chain for you. With a deep rooted knowledge of industry processes and developments, we remain one step ahead so that we can deliver your packaging components where and when you need them in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible.

“ As your business has grown, it’s likely that the number of packaging manufacturers, fillers and third party suppliers has too.

No doubt, this has complicated your ability to streamline the supply chain process. We are your one-stop packaging solutions provider so you can relax and let us do the work for you.

- MARK O’BRYAN (EVP OPERATIONS & SUPPLY CHAIN)

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LIMITLESS OPTIONS

We’re vendor agnostic, so you will get what you want not what we have.

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YOUR NEEDS ARE DIVERSE. IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT MANUFACTURERS AND SUPPLIERS TO SATISFY YOUR PACKAGING REQUIREMENTS IS NO SMALL TASK. That’s why we offer an integrated global Supply Chain team that stretches from the US and Mexico to Europe, India and China. We make it our priority to manage every aspect of your logistics so you don’t have to. Our teams in the US and abroad will work directly with carefully selected local resources to ensure quality control, price efficiencies and flexibility based upon your priorities. With more than 500 employees, our team of dedicated packaging professionals can source your every packaging need regardless of packaging style, component or market segment.

• Domestic and international suppliers: 800+ • Global locations: 40 • Packaging styles: All rigid styles including glass, plastic, closures, dispensing, tubes, caps, pumps, corks and more. Corrugated and flexible styles are also available.

• Market segments: personal care, healthcare, food and beverage, chemical industrial, chemical household, wine, spirits, beer, animal health and more

Our broad manufacturer network can also speed your time-tocommercialization and improve efficiencies while our sheer purchasing power helps to reduce your costs. Why struggle to find something under pressure?

We have our fingers on the pulse of innovation and widespread resources domestically and abroad. So, whether your needs include stock and/or custom components, sustainable materials, a smaller carbon footprint or specific geographic filling locations, we can recommend manufacturers and provide ongoing guidance to get the job done. We’re vendor agnostic, so you will get what you want not what we have.

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PROBLEM SOLVED IN SPITE OF ALL THE PLANNING IN THE WORLD, PROBLEMS CAN ARISE THAT ARE OUT OF YOUR CONTROL. One of the ways that we address this is by working with you to create a personalized inventory management program that allows for business fluctuations. Our inventory management system enables us to keep close track of inventory levels and in turn provide your components on a JIT (just-in-time) basis, allowing you the flexibility to request shipments at a moment’s notice. You will

your profitability. With more than 25 warehouse locations nationwide, we’re always nearby. TricorBraun warehouses are clean, organized and temperature controlled. Our bar coding system tells us where your package components are at any given moment.

To make sure you have real-time visibility on the status of your products at your fingertips, we offer a state-of-the-art, cloud-based management system that provides access to up-to-the-minute information about your order. From online purchase order management to improved shipment planning, execution and management of all aspects of product delivery, this strategic tool gives you all the control you need. Our online customer portal provides you with a view to inventory that you have on the floor, access to your invoices or inventory reports and even the ability to place repeat orders.

• Warehouse feet available:

never be at the mercy of the supplier or the business environment when we warehouse and distribute your inventory.

Our warehousing, inventory and distribution management capabilities reduce your working capital and boost

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2 million+ square feet • Number of warehouses:

25+ • Average number of deliveries:

70,000+ shipments annually

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70,000+

SHIPMENTS

ANNUALLY “Time is a luxury in short supply these days and getting it right the first time is key. So, you need suppliers who can get you what you need, when you need it. We have more than two million square feet of warehouse space and the largest global vendor network in the packaging industry.”

- MARK POLIVKA (VP Supply Chain Management)

“We use a sophisticated TMS (Transportation Management System) to book and monitor loads so that your status requests or other changes are responded to in a timely manner.”

- DAVE DUXBURY (VP Warehousing and Transportation)

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OPTIMAL SERVICE

In a recent customer survey, a customer described their experience of working with TricorBraun this way,

“When I place my orders with TricorBraun, I get that warm fuzzy feeling that everything is taken care of because my track record with your company shows it.�

By design, our sales personnel are aptly named Packaging Consultants. Each are highly skilled at providing top notch industry insight and solutions. Your Packaging Consultant will manage all of the intricacies of your project from the start and will remain with you providing you with continuous and dedicated consultation. For every Packaging Consultant, there is a customer service team consisting of two people; an Account Coordinator and an Operational Services Representative.

Your Account Coordinator acts as your business owner to support your integrated supply chain and ensure speed to market.

The Account Coordinator will interface with you, our other locations, our robust network of manufacturers, transportation resources, warehouse management and others to provide sourcing, quotations, updates to orders, samples and all coordination of the activities required to meet your needs. The Operational Services Representative provides additional 6

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support and ensures your orders are expedited and delivered as requested.

Each of the members of your supply chain team are dedicated to meeting your needs and simplifying the otherwise complex process of package procurement. Working in close collaboration with you, the Packaging Consultant and the customer service team strive for flawless execution and the proactive elimination of potential risk factors for a smooth end-to-end supply chain that delivers the results you need.

Based upon your individual needs, your TricorBraun team may grow to include experts in package design, product development, project management and engineering, and technical support.

Whatever the case may be, we will work with you, side by side, to define your success criteria, develop a comprehensive project scope and then plan, manage and execute in such a manner that optimizes your path to success.

“There’s definitely an advantage in working with a

one-stop shop like ours. We can find any component that you need. We can get a sample or a small shipment to you quickly. Plus, we stay ahead of material price fluctuations and check your inventory levels frequently so that you always know where things stand.”

- JANICE MICHALAK (Account Coordinator)

“Because our account coordinators, operation services and warehouse staff take so much pride in what they do, you will receive the absolute best customer service in the industry. Teamwork, ownership and a passion for what they do is the driving force behind knowing what you want before you even ask for it.”

- KATHY SITTIG (Division Operations Manager)

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