OCR Bottom Line: Avoiding the Logjam

By PJ O’Connor, Vice President, Client Initiatives, OC Reilly Inc. (April 7, 2021)–Well, they finally got that little logjam cleared in the Suez Canal. The Ever Given – a massive cargo container ship nearly as long as the Empire State Building is high – got...

OCR Bottom Line: Bench Strength

By Ed Moran, Director, Supply Chain, OC Reilly Inc. (April 5, 2021)—Every now and then, even the most accomplished teams need a hand to get through unanticipated or suddenly overwhelming challenges. That’s when the bench strength of advisory firms like OC Reilly can...

OCR Bottom Line: Mentoring for Sustainable Success

By John Jones, Director, Strategic Projects, OC Reilly, Inc. (March 22, 2021)—When a team of experts like OC Reilly works alongside a client, new ideas and practices are many times introduced. At some point, then, the client needs to assume control and operation of...

OCR Bottom Line: Consistency In Contract Enforcement Leads to Win

By Bill O’Connor, President and CEO, OC Reilly, Inc. (March 8, 2021)—Sometimes the best solution to a problem can be found in simply following the rules to the letter and allowing the established guidelines to do their jobs as intended. Such was the case at Meadville...

OCR Bottom Line: The Missing Piece

By Justin Sowko, Director, Supply Chain and Special Projects, OC Reilly, Inc. (Feb. 22, 2020)—Is there anything more frustrating than getting to the end of a complicated jigsaw puzzle, only to realize that there’s one piece missing? Or assembling one of those infernal...

OCR Bottom Line: Achieving Surgical Cost Savings with Precision

By Mark Lunz, Executive Director, Perioperative Logistics, OC Reilly, Inc. (Feb. 8, 2021)—The surgical suite at any hospital is like the Main Stage, the place where the highest-stakes, highest-profile activity can occur. And just like leading up to a big performance,...