Multinational Consumer
Goods Company
Supply Chain Process & Performance Improvements Quick Win |
- Multi country regional supply chain improvement initiative
- Supply Chain Process Improvement covering areas such as Rigorous Sales & Operations Planning, Demand Forecasting, Inventory Planning.
- Supply Chain Processes and Key Performance Indicators were standardized across the various countries and service level streamlined
- Business Rules deployed to improve decision making
- Quick Win tools were used (e.g. Forecasting, Inventory Target Setting, KPI dashboard) to rapidly deliver business benefits without the need for substantial investment in large scale technology implementation
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Global Commodity Product Manufacturer
Product / Customer Mix Rationalization Quick Win
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- Established margin model to more accurately calculate product / customer profitability
- Analyzed “true” profitability of products / customers portfolio
- Rationalized products (SKU) / customers to enhance product / customer mix, and reduce slow moving inventory
- Margin and working capital improvement achieved through Quick Win
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Major Oil Company
Inventory Reduction Quick Win
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- Improvement program part of regional initiative to improve inventory working capital
- An inventory target setting model was developed to statistically model inventory components for the selected products at refinery and terminals
- Inventory modeling allowed identification of dysfunctional stock which could be removed without adversely affecting service level
- Significant benefits achieved through excess safety stock reduction
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