Supply Chain Management
All stakeholders on course?
For companies with complex supply structures, structured supply chain management is a strategic competitive factor. Along the value chain, smooth, lean and transparent processes are essential.
But how can all stakeholders be kept on a common course? The same principle applies here as in a good old classical concert:
- All musicians play from the same score.
- The conductor sets the tempo, while the musicians synchronize independently.
- Both the conductor and the orchestra always keep each other in view.
► Key focus areas of supply chain consulting
- Analysis of the corporate strategy and the current state of corporate logistics
- Consideration of trends and innovations to ensure future competitiveness
- Definition of long-term logistics objectives and benchmarks for collaboration with suppliers and customers
- Development of the supply chain strategy with requirements for
- structure
- performance
- organization
- cost efficiency
- Definition of the future logistics network (sites, location, number)
- Development of the technical equipment strategy or warehouse strategies
- Derivation of variant-based concepts, e.g. for sourcing or make-or-buy decisions
Example consulting results:
- Analysis and assessment of the logistics chain
- Optimization of the structure within the logistics network
- Defined delivery and performance processes
- Implementation of an early warning system
- Decision basis for insourcing or outsourcing
for specific production or logistics areas
