What we do
Our areas of expertise
The way in which we support companies can take many different forms and it is often a combination of several of our skills and services. Here is an overview of what we can do to help you to put Supply Chain Planning into Practice.
Process Improvements
The pressure of modern Supply Chains on customer service, costs, leadtime, collaboration, capacity... presents your business with challenges that require your processes to be robust and responsive Companies come to us for advice and support to help them identify and improve the business processes that cause their Supply Chain to misbehave.
Best Practice Techniques
We use our expertise to help you improve the processes where vital Planning decisions are made: Sales Forecasting, Production Planning & Scheduling, Sales & Operations Planning, Inventory and Replenishment Planning. We transfer our knowledge of these Best Practice techniques to your team so that they own the improved processes and understand how to keep improving.
Project Management
Project Management is a mix of techniques, skills and discipline. As an experienced and independent resource, free from all politics, we act as catalysts to support your team to:
• Build a robust project plan
• Assess the risks and secure the resources
• Remain focused on the objective and deliver the benefits
• Execute the project on time and in budget
Change Management
"If you keep doing what you have always done, you will keep getting what you have always got!". We will never underestimate the importance of changing the way your people think, as part of your improvement project. From education and workshops (see our Supply Chain Planning - In Principle offering) to performance measures, we can help you implement Change safely.
Software Selection Methodology
Our Clients have compared us to "lawyers", to describe the way we helped them through a software selection. We are totally independent of any software vendors and we will share with you our comprehensive knowledge of the market place. As well as using our Functional Requirements Database to create your specification faster, we follow a rigorous, fair and transparent methodology that ensures you stay in control of the selection process.