Supply Chain Effectiveness
Our retail supply chain consultants can assist your firm to assess and optimize all facets of your supply chain. It is not uncommon to encounter a client that has improved productivity in various component functions within their organization to the detriment of “total enterprise performance”. Balancing this sub-optimization requires a trained perspective and a detailed knowledge of the inner-workings of the entire enterprise. Our experience base spans both food and non-food retail and we have significant experience in every retail format.
It is common in the retail industry to optimize individual functions within an enterprise. While this typically has the effect of creating specific functional efficiency, the entire supply chain is seldom properly balanced as a result. A more effective approach is to optimize and balance the entire supply chain and then coordinate the improvement of targeted functions within the enterprise. If your organization is experiencing this challenge, we can help.
A properly organized supply chain assessment by our well trained team can uncover opportunities your firm may never have been aware of and provide senior management with recommendations and assistance with improvement initiatives that will generate a huge ROI.
Sample Deliverables:
Typical Supply Chain assessment and improvement program deliverables include improved inventory turns, reduced product cycle times, improved margin, lower operating expenses and increased customer satisfaction levels.
- For a recent distribution client we identified ongoing annual enterprise-wide savings equaling 14% of annual sales
- For a Supermarket chain we performed a supply chain assessment that culminated in a multi-year enterprise-wide improvement effort
