List of Services
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 areas that S2f Supply Chain could assist :
Supply Chain Audit and Benchmarking
Through the use of a detailed mapping and modelling process S2f Supply Chain 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 Supply Chain 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.
ERP implementation
S2f Supply Chain has extensive experience of ERP implementation projects. Combined with Business Process Redesign activities the implementations have realised significant benefits to the businesses both financially and operationally. The ERP experience covers use of SAGE, MS Navision, SAP, and Renaissance CS. S2f Supply Chain also has extensive experience of working with other complementary IT packages for demand suppy planning, warehouse management and transport planning.
Demand Supply Planning
3PL (3rd Party Logistics) selection
S2F Supply Chain has extensive experience of working with companies in selecting logistics providers. This has ranged from selection of single providers through a structured tender process to working with multiple providers to ensure an integrated solution across mulitple sites. The key is to identify the specific needs of the business and align these with the strengths of the providers. S2f Supply Chain can assist with the RFP (Request for Proposal) process, selection and tender process, as well as defining the SLA (Service Level Agreements) and Contracts.
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 Supply Chain 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 Supply Chain 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 Supply Chain have experience as well as direct operational warehouse management experience.
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 Supply Chain has experience of setting up such deals and can help you through the process.
S2f Supply Chain 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.
Purchasing and Supplier Management
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 Supply Chain 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.
Performance Management
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 Supply Chain recommends keeping these to a manageable number of key areas and can assist in developing and implementing their introduction.