Brands & Retailers: In-Store Approach

Need a team of people to manage communication, produce, schedules and budget allowing your team to take over the final stores after launch. At Hart Consulting Service we can dedicate a team of people to assist with clarifying scope and details between the architect, the general contractor and the agency of record.

We understand the In-Store space and can quickly build scope and manage design and brand extension working to drive to completion on time and on schedule. With 25 years of relationships nationwide HCS can manage consistent quality utilizing multiple manufactures that exist regionally to reduce flow times and build quality vendor partners in a region.

- Design
- Pre-engineering and CAD
- Program and project management
- Print production management
- Nation wide installation management
- Program reporting and follow up documentation

In-Store Workflow & Supply Chain Audit

In today’s challenging economy, how do you determine whether your team has chosen the best vendor-partner? What is the process and parameters you use to verify whether you are working with the correct graphic communications supplier? In most organizations, legacy relationships drive vendor selection with no true audit of regional or national options.

How many times have you heard we are not considering new suppliers at this time, why? The process of new vendor evaluation is critical to driving implementation costs down. HCS takes that responsibility away from the creative implementation team and provides a structured environment to define current processes internally and review potential “best-fit” partnerships for graphic communication vendor partners.

This independent third party assessment also demonstrates the divisional ability to self regulate and innovate. Most procurement organizations focus on the areas in a business that lacks the required discipline to purchase effectively. HCS focuses on establishing a preferred vendor network and drives cost-shifts in the process, allowing vendor partners to add value through collaboration and familiarity with the brand or known in-store environments.

HCS allows you to validate your choices through reporting metrics produced through a independent third parties external audit of project requirements and vendor capabilities. Establishing specific attributes required to manage existing or new programs and performing spot audits to verify that you are utilizing the proper technology or media enables you to meet or exceed your needs based upon client evolving retail initiatives.

HCS can review existing or new programs and develop a defined scope focused towards performing regional or national audits which are impartial. We can make sure that due diligence is being performed while your internal production teams are focused on delivering excellence on existing projects. Detailed testing and reporting are provided at the conclusion of the audit with potential workflow process improvement recommendations.

Audits can focus on a wide variety of criteria from workflow schedule reduction, vendor consolidation, to best practices for sustainability and new technology opportunities. This helps allow for confirmation that your team is maximizing internal budget investments with an impartial third parties audit for vendor selections.