Strategic Business Management
Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Managing your supply chain can seem like a never ending search for lower cost, higher service and greater agility. Set against constantly changing markets, organisations and technology; and within an environment where mounting purchaser pressure is increasingly deciding if, when, and how to buy - and at what price.
Globalisation, new buying and selling channels, and new information and communications technologies combine to drive the search for improved customer/consumer service, reduced cost and the elusive target of greater agility. Tools, such as collaboration, RFID and reverse logistics, and a growing need for environmental sustainability also add to the pressure to deliver competitive advantage. Some organisations do achieve step change in the supply chain, but others struggle with the continual churn, demands and challenges.
At Cornwell our consultants understand these demands and conflicts and the potential to add value to supply chains. The paradox is that, if the heralded ‘new techniques’ are frequently seen only as single point solutions, when coupled to continual cost reduction they can often be self-defeating. We believe that the future points to tight linkages between suppliers, distributors and retailers. Our consultants are business architects who have developed a number of specialised services to help you achieve best value from the investments you have made, or are about to make, in supply chain change and technology. These include:
- Mentoring/coaching: senior consultants with operational experience at a senior level helping supply chain professionals to either streamline and optimise their current operations or manage the extension of their roles to incorporate new products and/or sources of supply, new channels and routes, or new technology and processes.
- Supply Chain Modelling: supporting organisations in mapping and modelling their current and future supply chains, often in preparation for, or in parallel with, the introduction of new technology and configuration of new systems.
- ERP optimisation: helping organisations to get the most out of their supply chains either during or following the implementation of ERP systems such as SAP.
- Vulnerability Assessment: applying leading edge approaches to risk and vulnerability to take a 360-degree approach to assessing the risks inherent in our customers’ and their suppliers’ supply network, and helping determine mitigating actions.
We also apply other Cornwell services – Programme and Project Management, Information and Knowledge Management, Business Transformation and Performance Improvement – when appropriate to ensure your Supply Chain programmes deliver the outcomes you expect and require.
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