Supply Chain Excellence - Why it's now Business Critical

Title: Supply Chain Excellence - Why it's now Business Critical

Date: Wednesday, 30th May 2012

Time: 14:15 GMT+1

With continued economic uncertainty and increasing global competition, supply chain design and optimization has never been more important to achieve an efficient, profitable business - and for gaining competitive advantage. 

It is not enough to have your business under control and simply rely on your customers and suppliers to keep their own houses in order. Supply chain collaboration can have an enormous impact on your ability to service customers effectively and profitably - harnessing mutual capability, brings continuous improvement in supply chain efficiency. And varying demands for products, service levels and routes to market can be better served through market segmentation and a corresponding realignment of the supply chain.

What you can expect to learn:

• How to improve the design of your supply chain, taking account of its physical contraints
• How to achieve greater collaboration up and down the supply chain
• How to realign your supply chain to better serve segmented markets
• What you need to do to take account of the heavy hitters in your supply chain

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But for supply chain optimization to succeed, engagement of the leadership team is crucial: big decisions will have to be made at executive level - perhaps the closure or movement of physical assets; at the very least, a change in core processes, roles and responsibilities.

Benefits of Supply Chain Design & Optimisation:

• Improves perfect order rating by 17%
• Improves service and halves supply chain costs
• Reduces operating costs by up to 50%
• Reduces inventory and increases agility

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