Supply Chain Performance
Do you know how much waste you are paying for in your supply chain? A lot of focus goes into improving the internal door to door processes involved in delivering a service or product. Identifying A, B, C profiles and SKU's and designing flow systems accordingly. However a high proportion of total cost, ie., the materials purchased or services provided go un-challenged, apart from maybe setting an arbitrary year on year cost reduction expectation. Working in a collaborative way, sharing risk and benefits addressing waste between customer and supplier is critical to keeping a competitive edge in a global market. Old style expensive expediting, beating the table and demanding better performance through threats does nothing for the long term. We provide a "bridge" in the relationship. Supporting buyers and customer with turning around performance. We transfer our skills to enable progress of long term continuous improvement. This develops a core team that can replicate the methodology and utilise their skills across the supply chain. Leading to joint cost down initiatives and improved performance. Do you have problem suppliers? Are they letting you down on Delivery, Quality or Cost (or all three)? Would you like to develop a core team that can apply lean sigma methodologies to turn around performance. Are you looking for a service provider to work with your buyers or supply chain engineers to transfer knowledge and skills to progress further activities independently?
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Assess for opportunities
Looking from customer through to raw materials, assessing opportunities in scheduling, reducing inventory, transportation costs, packaging, lot sizes, etc., Where are the opportunities in progressing towards a lean fulfillment stream. You will receive access to a suite of supplier assessment tools that have been used across many sectors and used as benchmarking tools, particular in the aerospace and manufacturing sectors.
The outcome will be a strategy for the value stream targeting specific areas that gets the best bottom line benefits from your resources.
The supply base will have clear expectations from you and know the quadrant they sit in:
Engage the people
Using data from lean fulfillment mapping, value stream mapping and assessment tools your people will understand the benefits of change and new guiding principles that will be required to move towards a leaner future state. You will receive support and direction in establishing KPI's that drive the right behaviours and expose abnormalities quickly. Your people will develop capabilities and a new way of thinking through coaching and support in lean and six sigma methodologies and other techniques. Individuals within the system will become self aware of the opportunities, the means to address them and the threats of not doing so.
Sustain
The supplier would have made a commitment to you as a pre-requisite to your support (Be it consultancy support). They will allocate resource to acquire the necessary skills in change leadership and continuous improvement methodologies to continue progress. We will work closely with the allocated resource to transfer skills and knowledge. They will receive help in developing and taking ownership of a continuous improvement master schedule, reviewed as part of the governance system between you and your supplier.
The end result is a collaborative partnership with a common purpose - To drive out waste, optimise value to end customer, improve cash flow and sustained profitable growth.