Supply Chain & Procurement

Do you recognise any of these problems?

The following reflect issues highlighted by our customers prior to engagement.

“Focus needs to shift from what we buy to what we use. We spend a great deal of time and resource managing the inbound MRO supply chain.  What we fail to do effectively is measure what we consume as a plant.  A focus on reducing our consumption and hence spend is the only long term sustainable way we can control costs”

“We continually buy what we already have in stock. The problem is that parts are duplicated – different descriptions, different suppliers and stored in multiple locations"

“We are driven by cost reduction.  With our bill of material costs, we are able to monitor and manage this effectively.  However we don’t have the resource to manage indirect material cost down programmes due to the thousands of line items and hundreds of suppliers"

"The accuracy of our stores always let's me down.  My team gets involved in too many urgent requests due to stock versus system inaccuracy.  This impacts significantly on our ability to be more strategic"

"Our re-order reports are inaccurate.  Because users don’t efficiently book out from stores, we’re continually firefighting – expediting urgent orders for items that weren’t re-ordered as the system didn’t tell us"

"80% of my departments’ time is spent on indirect material procurement.  We spend a disproportionate amount of time raising purchase orders, chasing maintenance for order numbers to cover `emergency’ requests and data entry"

"It costs the Company £1000 per annum for each supplier we deal with.  When you consider we have over 300 indirect suppliers, it’s a significant burden"

Who is most likely to deliver results to their Company using our control-based approach to indirect materials?

Our clients and customers typically share many of the following characteristics.

Committed to profitability. Above all else you are focused on delivering tangible bottom line value.

Committed to making a contribution. You are interested in making an impact and a difference to your organisation.

Persistent - committed to success. You are determined and willing to investigate new ways of working to achieve results.

Focused on being efficient. You firmly believe that removing waste is the most effective way to deliver value

High standards of excellence. You’re striving for excellence and interested in being the very best in your field.

Very knowledgeable about your business. You strive to be a true expert and an invaluable resource to your Company.

Evidence driven. You’re guided by the principle of information and data to prove results.

Look for long term, sustainable solutions – not the quick fix.You realise that an isolated, re-active approach to problem solving management is no solution at all.

Risk averse. You are committed to ensuring that any potential improvements are properly managed and implemented.

Realise you can't know everything - But you are committed to getting assistance and expand your knowledge and expertise.

If you fit the profile above you’re ideally suited work with us to deliver high impact results to your Company.

Now that you know the kind of organisations and professionals we work with, learn more about How We Work and the Results you can expect.

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