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* Celebrating 20 Years | 2004 - 2024   ~   Saving the World, One Warehouse at a Time *

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About Us

Our Mission:

Inviscid Consulting helps businesses drive down costs and boost service levels in their warehousing, fulfillment, distribution, and logistics operations.

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Industry Expertise

  • Multi-channel / Omnichannel retail

  • Direct-to-consumer / Ecommerce / Catalog

  • Consumer goods

  • Apparel / Footwear

  • Food / Beverage / Grocery

  • Pharmaceutical / Health & life sciences

  • Industrial / Automotive / Aerospace

  • High-tech / Electronics

  • Mining and drilling

  • Wholesale / General distribution

  • 3PL / Outsourced fulfillment

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Capabilities

  • Strategic planning and optimization of logistics networks

  • Conception, modeling, analysis, reengineering, design, and activity-based costing (ABC) of warehousing, logistics, distribution, and fulfillment operations and business processes

  • Site selection and systematic layout of supply chain facilities

  • Economic evaluation and justification of alternative solutions and development of business cases

  • Design, estimation, specification, selection, and implementation project management of material handling and storage equipment, mechanization, automation, and supply chain information systems

  • Lean warehousing, fulfillment, distribution, and logistics process improvement

  • Improvement of labor productivity, resource utilization, storage and production capacities, and service levels

  • Mitigation of operational risk

  • Evaluation and selection of third-party logistics (3PL) providers

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Supply Chain Solutions Expertise

  • Warehouse management systems (WMS), warehouse execution systems (WES), & warehouse control systems (WCS)

  • Labor management systems (LMS)

  • Transportation management systems (TMS)

  • Logistics network design and optimization systems

  • Inventory management and optimization

  • Slotting systems

  • Production and order picking systems

  • Equipment, systems, automation, and robotics for material handling, storage, sortation, and order picking

  • Packaging, packing, unitizing, and labeling systems

  • Auto-ID systems (bar coding, RFID, etc.)

Professional Affiliations

Inviscid Consulting is a proud partner of Tompkins Ventures, which connects businesses with a global network of reputable, best-in-class firms that improve supply chain operations.

Warehousing Education and Research Council
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Association for Supply Chain Management
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers
Materials Handling and Management Society
Inviscid Founder: Steve Hopper, Supply Chain Operations Expert and Consultant

Our Founder

Stephen (Steve) T. Hopper, PE
Education and Licenses

• The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)

Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE)

• State of Georgia

Registered Professional Engineer (PE)

Associations and Certifications

• Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM, formerly APICS)

Certified Instructor

• Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)

Member

• Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)

Senior Member; Past President, Atlanta Chapter

• Materials Handling and Management Society (MHMS)

Past President, Atlanta Chapter

• Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC)

Advisory Council Member at Large; Past President, Atlanta Chapter

Meet Stephen (Steve) T. Hopper, PE, your guru for supply chain operations. Steve is the visionary leader of Inviscid Consulting, whose mission is simple and laser-focused: Empower businesses to drive down operating costs and boost service levels in their warehousing, fulfillment, distribution, and logistics operations.

 

Steve’s entire career of more than three decades has been devoted to this mission, and he has advised hundreds of clients ranging from small businesses to Fortune 100 corporations, guiding them toward achieving these goals. He has also served as an expert witness on dozens of cases involving supply chain operations in the US, Canada, and Australia and has advised private equity and venture capital investors.

Steve earned a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering (BIE) degree from The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and is licensed and registered as a board-certified Professional Engineer (PE). Currently, Steve serves on the Advisory Council for the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) and is a member of the Canvass Committee with the Material Handling Institute (MHI), which establishes industry standards for the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

 

Steve has also been interviewed by the supply chain industry media, authored articles for industry publications, and spoken at industry events.

You can schedule a free consultation with Steve, download his personal bio, download a list of some of his past clients, or request his detailed CV.

We Help Businesses Drive Down Costs And Boost Service Levels In Warehousing, Fulfillment, Distribution, And Logistics Operations

20

Years in Business

100s+

Clients

$1B+

In Reduced Operating Costs

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