Chicago Consulting designs and engineers supply chains for manufacturers, distributors and retailers. It orchestrates components such as sourcing and inbound logistics, networks of plants and warehouses, inventory deployment, transportation, warehouse operations, packaging, customer service and the systems the help these function operate. The firm uses proprietary software tools to optimize the entire supply chain rather than just one component. This breadth is important because these components interact with each other. The firm has no business relationships with other providers that compromise its objectivity and independence. Its headquarters office is in Chicago with others in Shanghai China and Johannesburg South Africa. The firm is well known for its “Ten Best Warehouse Networks” published annually based on new population statistics. See http://www.chicago-consulting.com/10best.shtml. It has specified other “Best Warehouse Networks” for North America, China, South America and others.