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Companies continually need to adjust to global competition and changing customer needs. Supply chains need to evolve to adapt to these altering circumstances. Efficient procurement, production and distribution networks are natural areas for regular reviews. In return the proposed changes and realignments offer a chance to turn these challenges into success stories.
Where a supply chain is affecting capital productivity, total logistics costs and customer satisfaction, the transformation offers opportunities to ensure growth targets are achieved and spending reduced.
There are various reasons for a supply chain transformation to be necessary. One of the central questions is whether the supply chain is aligned with the main business targets of the client and consequently where any room for improvement lies. Facing increasing internal and external pressures, the supply chain needs to move forward in becoming an enabler to meet the needs of the customer.
Built upon a holistic approach we examine three main levels: supply chain design, supply chain processes and supply chain enablers.
The engagement leads to implementable alternatives that support an operationally better supply chain. Stellium Consulting delivers not only a business case but also ensures a tactically better process and supports change management. Core areas we focus for a supply chain transformational initiatives are:
“Providing robust supply chain solutions that address reliability, scalability and flexibility”
Transforming your supply chain into a competitive edge
An integrated view of production and logistics
Supply chains, more than ever, find themselves in ever evolving environments. The design of the physical network, developed on the needs of yesterday, is often plagued with high costs, complexity, and low flexibility to meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Our engagements holistically address several questions- ranging from the number of nodes required to the proper inventory deployment strategy.
Our supply chain experts undertake supply chain design assignments which include strategy refinement in association with process design & optimization; network design and optimization; sales and operational planning and supply chain policies and norms. Most organizations witness organic growth which leads to setting up supply chain nodes based on growing supplier or customer bases. Such a supply chain network does not necessarily work in favour of the organization, but it certainly brings in a lot of inefficiencies, misplaced inventories, and higher costs. Stellium’s data-driven approach helps model real-life constraints in supply chain design to arrive at practical solutions that yield results.
A network for the future
Utilizing innovative strategies and refined inhouse tools (Lighthouse), Stellium Consulting is producing some of the most innovative supply chains across industries. Whether we are analysing where to allocate production, or determining the proper structure of a distribution network, it is vital to ensure that the network will be flexible and robust to evolve with the business. Our approaches ensure the solution developed is practical rather than just theory.
Potential Benefits:
“Lowering inventory while ensuring adherence to customer service levels”
Managing inventory levels is a challenging issue across every industry. Lowering inventories while improving supply capabilities often seems like an impossible task. Defining inventory goals, identifying target values for safety stock levels, and material planning parameters are all necessary considerations to achieve optimization. From there, the inventory management processes and their operational implementation, including inventory controlling, must also be addressed.
A possible task
Stellium Consulting begins inventory optimization projects with an analysis of potentials, during which we analyze your data, derive measures from it, and quantify potential gains. We implement these results in collaboration with you and demonstrate implementation options using a part of your product range which seems especially promising. For this purpose, we very effectively use our robust inhouse built inventory planning solution Lighthouse. We complete all organizational, systematic, and technical changes during the project.
Potential Benefits:
“Aligning processes and technology with your needs”
Companies often find themselves confronted with the simultaneous goals of stronger customer focus, higher level of service, and improved transparency within the supply chain. Partnering with a process-oriented organization to understand the requirements of custom IT systems can help achieve success. Stellium Consulting considers your and your customer’s needs using our best practice experience and assets to analyze, assess, and develop ideal strategic processes. Then we facilitate the enablers, such as process transformation, as well as the selection and implementation of an IT solution.
A long term stability
We select quality IT systems using field-tested methods and innovative approaches like prototyping. We work collaboratively with you from requirements analysis through market inquiries, creation of specifications sheets and tender process, all the way to the go-live date. Our change management experts mobilize employees for the new process organization as we help adjust the operational structure, stabilizing new processes for the long term.
Potential Benefits:
“High level views for a sustainable development”
More than ever, companies are seeing internal and external challenges encroach upon their supply chains. As their business strategy evolves and customers change their requirements, companies need to ensure that the end-to-end supply chain is correctly balancing the metrics of cost and service. Having a holistic assessment of the entire supply chain, or certain aspects of it, can be a first step into launching a series of initiatives to develop your company. At times, it is best to step back, differentiate the quick wins from the long-term initiatives, and then develop a road map forward.
Roadmap and sequence
Due to interconnected business processes, IT systems, organizations, and infrastructure, Stellium Consulting advises you where it is best to begin transforming the supply chain. Being the supply chain specialists, you can be assured that the priorities we identify are based on our experience and implementation expertise. This intensive engagement, strategic planning and implementation enable the firm's successful transformation.
Potential Benefits:
“Transparency is key”
To best manage global supply chains, the various steps from supplier to customer must become transparent – both visually and using key performance indicators. The more closely you examine your supply chain, the earlier you can recognize disruptions, introduce countermeasures, and maintain expected service levels. Supply chain visibility requires clear responsibilities, cross-function processes, and clear interfaces between partners. IT systems of participating supply chain partners must be integrated if they are to provide relevant information at the right level of detail and in real time.
Visibility in all phases
Stellium Consulting works with you to ensure supply chain visibility in all phases, from conception to implementation. We consider all relevant corporate functions when creating requirements specifications, including supply chain management, logistics, purchasing, and quality management. In addition to these services we also assist in selecting and implementing appropriate IT systems to support your supply chain.
Potential Benefits:
Basis for end-to-end monitoring, e.g. in the pharmaceutical industry
“An immediate alternative to spreadsheet (Excel based) planning”
As supply chain complexity is increasing, it is vital to have immaculate, robust & integrated planning processes. A big majority of businesses today use spreadsheets for their Supply Chain Planning
The reason
The result
High Stock Levels
“Strengthen flexibility and ability to change”
Whether you're upgrading your technology or IT, constructing additional storage or manufacturing facilities, optimizing your processes or even re-engineering your supply chain, Change Management is crucial to navigate through the process with minimal disruption to your day-in-a-life operation. Any physical transformation goes hand in hand with a modification of operational processes and operational strategies. This in return requires alterations to the organizational structure and brings along new duties and responsibilities for your staff.
Focus on the people
The quality of a system depends on the people who work and live it. Therefore, Stellium Consulting actively participates and integrates the staff as they are the key for a successful change in culture, leading to continuous evolution. Every change management project objective empowers the staff to understand and accept the need for change. Involvement and motivation fosters active support to achieve your new organizational structure or processes.
Potential Benefits:
Stable operations and continuing evolution
Stellium’s deep domain knowledge combined with detailed product and implementation knowledge helps in delivering the high-quality solutions to clients in less time as compared to industry standards.
