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StateWays - November/December 2016

StateWays is the only magazine exclusively covering the control state system within the beverage alcohol industry, with annual updates from liquor control commissions and alcohol control boards and yearly fiscal reporting from control jurisdictions

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StateWays | www.stateways.com | November/December 2016 26 T he New Hampshire Liquor Commission and its ware- house partner, Exel, placed big bets on each other by signing a 20-year contract in 2013. Exel invested $20 million in a 243,000 square-foot warehouse, and the NHLC anticipated $7 million in annual savings. The partnership has paid dividends for both parties. Exel currently ships up to 150,000 cases of product each week to the NHLC's 79 stores, and the commission generated an all-time high $678 million in sales last year. WINNER: BEST WAREHOUSE INNOVATION — NEW HAMPSHIRE LIQUOR COMMISSION A Public-Private Partnership by JEREMY NEDELKA Just within the past year, Exel im- plemented a series of innovations and improvements at the warehouse, aimed at increasing effi ciency and productivity. The company streamlined its auditing process to allow barcode scanning, im- plemented a bulk-pick process establish- ing a special location for high-volume products and instituted a bottle-order- ing program that consolidated the pallet loading process. "We have a true business partner- ship in New Hampshire," says NHLC Chairman Joseph Mollica. "I couldn't be prouder of that relationship, because it's a true give and take. This is the way of the future, with state business partnering with companies that specialize in certain areas like warehousing and transportation." The NHLC recently presented Exel with a new challenge – stocking a new 32,000 square foot store in Nashua (the largest in the state) during the peak summer sales season.

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