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Supply Chain Audit |
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Supply chain excellence has a real impact on business strategy. Supply chain management is a high impact mission that goes to the roots of a company's very competitiveness. High-impact supply chains win market share and customer loyalty, create shareholder value, extend the strategic capability and reach of the business. |
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Independent research shows that excellent supply chain management can yield: |
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25-50% reduction in total supply chain costs |
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25-60% reduction in inventory holding |
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25-80% increase in forecast accuracy |
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30-50% improvement in order-fulfilment cycle time |
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20% increase in after-tax free cash flows |
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That's what we mean by high-impact. |
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Does a high-impact supply chain leverage your business enterprise? |
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The Supply Chain Audit is divided into five main sections:- |
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1 - Strategy |
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Objective: To determine if the enterprise has a clear strategy tuned to business expectations and focused on profitably servicing customer requirements. |
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The Audit addresses: |
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The big picture: strategic direction and supply chain design |
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Customer service strategy |
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Strategic risk and flexibility |
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2 - Organisation |
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Objective: To determine if an effective organisation structure exists enabling the enterprise to work with its partners to achieve its supply chain goals. |
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The Audit addresses: |
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Key supply chain management responsibilities |
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Integration of supply chain management structure |
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Relationships with supply chain |
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3 - Processes |
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Objective: To determine if the enterprise has excellent processes for implementing its strategy, embracing all plan-source-make-deliver operations. |
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The Audit addresses: |
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Making supply chain processes visible |
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Managing supply chain processes |
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Understanding supply chain processes |
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4 - Information |
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Objective: To determine if the enterprise has reliable information and enabling technology to support effective supply chain planning, execution and decision-making. |
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The Audit addresses: |
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Information infrastructure |
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Planning and decision making |
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Order fulfilment and supply chain visibility |
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5 - Performance |
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Objective: To determine if the enterprise is managing supply chain performance in ways that will increase the bottom-line, cash flows and shareholder returns. |
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The Audit addresses: |
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Customer satisfaction |
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Profitability |
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Return on investment |
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The Supply Chain Audit will:- |
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Identify the strengths and weaknesses of supply chain strategies and operations |
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Provide a sound basis for benchmarking supply chain management best practices |
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Act as a powerful framework for planning performance improvement programmes |
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How well does your enterprise manage the five audit factors needed to achieve supply chain excellence? |
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Please click here to download a pdf document with more detailed infomation on our supply chain audit service. |
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Building 243, University Campus, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AL, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 1234 712618 Fax: +44 (0) 1234 241431 |
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