Globalization drives competition within markets. Therefore, firms need supply chain strategies to ensure agility and flexibility of their supply chains in order to deliver products in time, in quality, and to calculated costs. We consult firms to improve their physical supply chain processes including usage and conceptionalization of information systems. More specific, supply chain management consulting includes all processes, which are related to upstream or downstream supply chain partners. Internal processes can be found within the fields of operations excellence and procurement.
Within the field of supply chain management consulting, we analyze your business model and processes in order develop an appropriate supply chain strategy including governance processes. Further, we support your collaboration efforts by training your executive level, your managers, and your employees, as well as your partners in the supply chain. Strategies support this process and ensure success. Moreover, we support operational process improvements among partners and related secondary processes. In addition, we help to relate your supply chain processes with financial figures / reports; thereby creating transparency and opportunities to monitor processes more precisely.
To realize a competitive advantage within the supply chain, firms need to develop a supply chain strategy and align this strategy with the goals of the firm and existing governance processes. Further, firms need to create transparent processes as well as strategies and behaviors how to exchange materials, services, and information with their partners in the supply network.
While IT systems support transparency and enable firms to analyze their processes, firms have to ensure accurate master data and a strategy for supply chain collaborations. For example, this allows firms to reduce their cash cycle, ensure the supply of goods, and be compliant with legal requirements. Further, firms have to adapt their processes due to new developments such as business intelligence or cloud solutions. Therefore, employees need to have appropriate skills and capabilities to work with new regulations and systems. In specific, required capabilities vary depending on the use case such as supply chain risk management, EDI exchange, S&OP, or new technologies such as RFID/NFC.
If you want to increase your supply chain performance, ensure sustainable growth and the supply of goods, contact our supply chain consulting team via e-mail scm@competitive-strategy.net or have a look at our training page.
