Solving Supply Chain have refined their approach to manage these trade-offs.
In our opinion, we believe that any world class supply chain constitutes six key functional areas of:
- Design
- Source
- Make
- Move
- Sell
- Service
In order to breakdown barriers and realize the full benefit from trade offs within these functional areas, the correct methodology must be employed. This is based on three key factors:
- Focus on KPI's and selection of specific improvement methods according to performance gaps vs. company objectives e.g. service, cash or cost
- Optimisation of the Supply Chain flows and processes
- Removal of constraints to increase operational performance
Through this approach it is possible to:
- Eliminate non value added activities and minimize waiting time in the process
- Reduce inventories and WIP through increased synchronisation between process steps, suppliers, customers and different functions
- Identify and remove the constraints increasing the supply chain lead time and responsiveness
- Remove and prevent the factors affecting low service levels and availibility
- Reduce the impacts and the costs of complexity
The SCA approach has been proven time and again to deliver the benefits that customers seek through our partnership approach to working with them.
