Service
Supply Chain and Operations
End-to-end improvement across supply chain, inventory, warehousing and maintenance, with the governance that realizes the saving.
The problem this answers
Working capital is locked in inventory, suppliers are managed by exception, and the warehouse is the last place anyone looks.
Capabilities applied
- Supply chain optimization
- Strategic sourcing and procurement transformation
- Contract optimization and recovery
- Inventory optimization and working capital improvement
- Excess and obsolete inventory reduction
- Lean warehousing and storeroom performance
- Maintenance optimization
- Supplier governance and stewardship
- Long-term planning and inventory policy
- KPI dashboards and performance routines
How the engagement runs
Four steps, each with an owner and an output
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2 to 3 days
Size
Spend, inventory and supplier data reviewed against practice on the ground, to establish where the value actually sits.
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2 to 5 weeks
Analyze
Inventory segmentation, excess and obsolete analysis, process mapping, governance review and a prioritized opportunity portfolio.
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By scope
Implement
Sourcing execution, contract action, warehouse redesign, inventory policy and the KPI governance that keeps it honest.
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Ongoing
Realize
Stage-gate benefits realization from identification through approval, implementation, measurement and sustainment.
Already delivered
Outcomes recorded on engagements using this service
$50M+ opportunity identified
Read the industrial and asset-intensive operations engagement- $84.3 million in realized annual savings in mining and natural resources
- More than $35 million in additional procurement and supply chain opportunity identified
- More than $50 million in planning and inventory improvement opportunity identified
- $5 million to $10 million in potential contract-related recoveries identified
Client identities are withheld under confidentiality agreements. Results vary by engagement.
Engagements
Where this service was used
$84.3 million saved across procurement and supply chain
Enterprise transformation across procurement, contracting, warehousing and materials management for a large mining and resource organization.
Read the engagement- $84.3M Realized annual savings
- $35M+ Further opportunity identified
- $5M to $10M Contract recoveries identified
More than $50 million in inventory and planning opportunity identified
Inventory and long-term planning assessment for a large asset-intensive organization, with an integrated transformation roadmap.
Read the engagement- $50M+ Opportunity identified
- 4 Functions aligned around one number
Maintenance, materials and warehouse performance assessed across a public transit agency
Assessment of maintenance, materials management, inventory control and warehouse operations, with a prioritized improvement roadmap.
Read the engagement- Identified performance gaps across maintenance, inventory, materials management and warehouse operations
- Developed prioritized recommendations and an actionable improvement roadmap
- Identified opportunities to reduce inventory while protecting service and material availability
Outcome-based solutions
Solutions delivered through this service
Rapid Assessment
Start with a Rapid Assessment
Two to three days on the operation, the function or the program in question. Leadership receives findings, a preliminary benefit range and the recommended next step.