Maximizing Supply Chain Efficiency
As one of the world’s leading supply chain management companies, Supply Chain Edge helps businesses implement strategic planning processes that optimize supply and logistics, increase warehouse management efficiencies and leverage lean manufacturing methods. We understand the importance of integrated supply chain solutions in delivering bottom-line results.
What Is Supply Chain Strategy?
For most manufacturing and distribution companies, supply chain costs represent between 55% and 65% of gross revenue. Supply chain management is defined as the process of manufacturing and distributing physical goods with maximum efficiency. Companies can reap substantial cost and performance benefits by identifying, quantifying, and capitalizing on logistics and supply chain strategy to realize operational and process improvements.
- Learn how Supply Chain Edge helps businesses realign and optimize supply chain processes
- Learn how we help companies reduce global transportation & logistics costs
- Learn how Supply Chain Edge can improve your warehousing management and distribution operations
- Learn how our strategic planning processes optimize sales and operational planning
- Learn how our logistics and supply chain management consultants can help you reduce procurement costs and identify opportunities for supply chain process improvement
- Learn how our global supply chain strategies maximize customer and channel profitability
Measure And Monitor Supply Chain Performance
The identification and tracking of the right supply chain performance metrics is critical to ongoing performance improvement and business transparency. Our supply chain management experts help you measure, monitor and improve operational performance.
- Learn about the most relevant metrics identification and dashboard creation
- Learn about SCOR application
- Learn about decentralized and centralized supply and logistics reporting strategies
- Learn about defining your supply chain in financial terms
Select And Implement Supply and Logistics Technology
As supply chain complexity grows ever more complex, companies increasingly rely on sophisticated supply chain logistics software and technology tools to manage their global logistics supply chains. Selecting and implementing today’s supply chain technology can be challenging and requires a proven, structured approach.
- Learn how to identify the most effective technologies and support tools that maximize supply chain excellence
- Learn about our supply chain technology and implementation approach
- Learn how to avoid costly mistakes associated with supply chain technology selection, implementation, and cost and time overruns
- Learn how to develop the ROI models in selecting the best technologies and support tools
Operational Excellence in Supply Chain, Logistics and Inventory Management
Operational red flags — such as low inventory turns, high functional unit cost, customer service deterioration, system conversion problems, poorly executed acquisition integration, low–margin distribution channels, core competency diversions and other serious problems — often indicate the need for supply chain restructuring.
- Learn about our supply chain process realigning capabilities that help companies quickly reduce costs and improve cash flow
- Learn about our supply chain due diligence offering
- Learn about our supply chain strategy consulting and alignment services
- Learn how our supply chain management consultants provide interim management services
- Learn about our order management services
Managing Supply Chain Risk
A multitude of risks impact supply chain performance, including macro–economic and political factors as well as commodity prices, natural disasters, and accidents. Identifying potential risks and assessing the likelihood and impact of those risks forms the basis for risk mitigation strategies and contingency planning.
- Learn about our supply chain risk management capabilities
- Learn how to define risk mitigation strategies that are relevant to your organization
When, What And How To Outsource Supply Chain Processes
Outsourcing supply chain processes is commonly seen as a means to cost reduction, improved performance and increased operational flexibility. Yet knowing what to outsource, selecting an outsourcing partner and actually transitioning the function or process can be fraught with risk without experienced guidance.
- Learn about our supply chain outsourcing selection services
- Learn how Supply Chain Edge helps companies evaluate the services and processes that should be outsourced