A predictable process for an $1B food manufacturer

Our client’s challenge

A leading food and beverage manufacturer had apersistent SLOB problem — slow-moving andobsolete MRO inventory piling up across facilities,tying up capital and consuming warehouse space with no clear path to recovery.

It's a familiar story: individual facilities identified the excess, but there was no centralized process for resolving the challenge, and no internal bandwidth to stand one up without pulling focus from higherpriority work.

Amplioʼs solution

Amplio stepped in with a structured, multi-phase recovery model designed to run on a predictable timeline set by the client to speedily clear facilities while mitigating the impact of write-offs. We:

• Assessed the full inventory mix, separating high-value items suited for resale from low value assets better routed to recycling or scrap
• Coordinated and funded all pickups, aligning logistics with each facility's schedule
  
• Routed inventory to the optimal channel using data-driven pricing models and buyer demand
• Aligned incentives through a revenue-share structure, ensuring maximum recovery

The Results

• >$4m in unproductive inventory removed
• Preempted ~$1m in quarterly carrying costs
• Created one unified process to manage or prevent future build-up
• Kept 6 tons of MRO out of landfills andavoided ~20 tons of CO₂e emissions

Conclusion

Amplio replaced ad hoc liquidation with a repeatable, low-friction model for surplus MRO. The client moved excess inventory out of the business quickly without pulling internal teams off higher-priority work or introducing compliance risk.

There were no more fragmented sales efforts or unvetted liquidators. Just a unified process delivering predictable financial, operational, and sustainability outcomes, built to scale across sites and future surplus cycles.