Our Services

Our strength of service comes from the ability to work effectively at all levels of an organisation and take responsibility for full implementation of any recommendations. We aim to provide and deliver sustainable solutions by working with key members of your organisation and enabling us jointly to release some of the hidden costs and performance enhancements within the supply chain. 

The range of services covers the entire supply chain.

• Supply Chain Audit and Benchmarking
• Distribution Modelling
• Inventory Management
• Warehouse Management
• Supply Chain Improvements
• Sourcing
• Customer Service
• KPI Implementation

Supply Chain Audit and Benchmarking Through the use of a detailed mapping and modelling process S2f are able to assess the "true" costs of a company's supply chain. Combining a mixture of one to one interviews and data interrogation S2f has been able to highlight areas where costs could be reduced across all areas of the supply chain. Working with the various functions and teams within an organisation S2f has developed and implemented plans to reduce these.
Distribution Modelling Understanding the profile of customer orders, delivery expectations and geographic profiles enables a better understanding of the freight matrix. Through various means, S2f has been able to implement changes to drive down cost and improve service provision. These haven't simply been through rate re-negotiations.  Increased back haulage utilisation, customer partnership programmes, delivery customisations, and improved use of pallet networks have all led to increased efficiencies across the distribution network.
Inventory Management Understanding a company's entire supply chain often opens the key to reducing inventory and the costs of holding inventory that are often not truly visible to an organisation. Detailed inventory target setting processes, lead time definitions, customer segmentation, and processes for dealing with obscolesence are all ways in which S2f have been able to assist in reducing inventory without affecting customer delivery performance.
Warehouse Management Introduction of Kan-bans, use of bar coding, implementing new ERP systems are all areas in which S2f have experience as well as direct operational warehouse management experience.
Supply Chain Improvement Projects The supply chain offers various opportunities to develop projects with companies to drive improvements both in costs and service provision. The following are some examples of other areas that S2f could assist : Production scheduling Demand Supply Planning Product Rationalisation Supplier Categorisation programmes ABC customer and supplier analysis Sales forecasting processes
Sourcing Increasingly companies are being forced to consider suppliers from all parts of the globe as they drive to keep costs down in order to remain competitive. This can often be a daunting proposition in knowing where to start, and how to develop a relationship that maintains your position in the market. S2f has experience of setting up such deals and can help you through the process. S2f has also developed a framework for the management of the outsourcing process to ensure that all issues are considered, most notably the management of the outsource partner.
Customer Service Detailed mapping process often lead to increased efficieinces in this area as it enables organisations to really understand the business processes that have evolved over time. S2f has been able to streamline processes thereby providing efficencies to the organisation and removing many of the day to day frustrations that exist within the operational area.
KPI implementation Across all areas of the supply chain it is essential to ensure that the key supply chain process metrics are put in place to measure performance and drive improvement. S2f recommends keeping these to a manageable number of key areas and can assist in developing and implementing their introduction.
Others  Please ask us if you would like assistance in any area of supply chain. If we do not have the appropriate skills or experience then we will be honest and let you know. However it may well be that we are able to provide contacts who might be able to assist.