Supply Chains Network strategy model Your organisation’s Supply Chains Network strategy is likely to be in place for between three and five years. However, it needs to be reviewed and possibly updated annually to reflect changes in user and supplier markets. An organisation’s Supply Chains Network strategy should be a consolidation of at least three strategies: Procurement, Operations Planning and … Read More
Climate Change Scope 3 action in Supply Chains
Action to date More than 1700 scientists issued a global climate warning in 1992, so 2022 is the 30th anniversary. As a reflection of the time taken for action, the UN is hosting the COP27 conference in Egypt, between November 6-18, to discuss the implementation timetable for emissions reduction over the next eight years. The planet is currently on track … Read More
Logistics contracts need the Total Cost of Ownership
Hub transport locations Investment decisions in Logistics are typically made by individual entities for their own policy or profitability reasons. The objective is usually to reduce the unit costs for the entity – not to reduce total Logistics operations costs across the affected Supply Chains. An example has been the development of ‘Hub’ sea and airports and multi-modal centres. Providing … Read More
Implementing Supply Chains Tactical Planning software
Using planning software A speaker at a recent presentation stated that when the implementation of Supply Chains Tactical planning software began at their company, record accuracy was estimated at about 70 percent. Because there was not an implementation checklist and audit process, where the 30 percent of data that was incorrect remained unknown. Similar stories have been told since software … Read More
Improve Flows through your organisation’s Supply Chains
Flows in Supply Chains The critical perspective of your organisation’s supply chains’ success is not the efficiency of individual departments, but the effectiveness of Flows that provide customers with their orders ‘in full, on time, with accuracy’ (DIFOTA). A Flow in supply chains is a process, or ‘how things are done’. A business is likely to have between five and … Read More