Supply-Chain Management

Executive summary

Supply-Chain Management

The Supply-Chain Management consulting service is focused on improving the end-to-end productivity of global, regional and/or local supply chains. Successful supply chain management requires proper end to end synchronization in order to improve productivity by reducing or eliminating time (waste) within the supply chain. An important element that is constantly overlooked is that ~70% of the future performance of the supply chain is fixed at design! Yet, companies do not provide the focus nor resources to ensure supply chains are properly designed from the beginning. Those companies that properly and timely address reducing supply chain time and complexity will have an important competitive advantage versus their peers. This effort does not only pay-off on improved service and reduced inventories, but it also enables end to end synchronization by partnering all organizations involved in the supply chain (internal and external players) into collaborative value creation all the way from suppliers to customers by eliminating 8 types of waste: Overproduction, waiting times, Transportation, extra and over processing, Inventory, defects/re-work, Motion and non-utilized resources.

The service looks into the organizations Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) related to Service, Cash and Cost and helps translate the compelling business needs into Supply Chain operational elements. These elements are documented under an operating strategy which then becomes the guiding principle for any actions/decisions throughout (or within) the different organizations and levels. The service proposal is designed to enable clear understanding and practical “down to earth” solutions that can be easily implemented and followed and not confusing the organizational teams in multiple “theoretical” concepts, exercises and best wishes. Given the broad spectrum of elements in a supply chain, the consulting service helps the organization identify the main issues to be addressed and define the scope of the supply chain intervention, which could include one or all of the following: a) Supply Chain Design, b) Supply Chain synchronization across the organization via Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and annual drumbeats, c) Clear metrics understanding, tracking and reporting, d) Implementation of standardized work processes, e) Renewal and improvement review cycles. Once the scope and objectives are aligned, the consulting service can provide coaching to the team on the development of the operating strategies, develop the operating strategies for the organization and/or lead the full implementation of the operational elements at the department or corporate level. As a result of the Supply Chain Management consulting service, the teams will then be enabled to be more proactive about the way in which they plan, develop, implement and manage the supply chain. The Supply-Chain Management consulting service will help you address these outages on a simple, clear and hands-on approach without the nuisance of complex systems, tools, simulations and cumbersome theory.

Service Methodology

Service is modelled as a horizontal array of work processes within and across vertical department layers. By engaging the appointed heads of each department through interviews, scorecard and metric reviews, an initial assessment of the business situation is developed. Along with top management, this data is then reviewed to define the key intervention areas where the consulting service will be focused. Once scope has been narrowed, a 5 step process, targeted for the specific issue to be addressed, will be applied: 1) Get prepared, 2) Understand the situation, 3) Restore the work processes, 4) Improvement and implementation, 5) Standardization and re-application.

Following these steps is crucial to understand if current work processes are aligned and valuable to