Involve Your Supply Chain for SIOP Success
Reach out to your extended supply chain for collaborative ordering, product development opportunities, and logistics improvements.
Reach out to your extended supply chain for collaborative ordering, product development opportunities, and logistics improvements.
By collaborating, we create a win-win-win. The customer has what he needs when he needs it without having to go out of his way and deviate from his typical process. The supplier has information in advance about an upcoming event and so can modify plans as appropriate to better serve his customer at the lowest inventory levels and maximum efficiency levels.
Supply chain optimization focuses on demand planning, inventory accuracy, and collaboration to improve efficiency and customer satisfaction
Do all of your employees act as if every customer, supplier and colleague is a key customer?
When connecting people and process, think about using customer collaborative programs to link strategy with execution.
Observing supply chain trends is important but it is bedrock to success to develop strategies and plans to utilize this information in a way that will help your business succeed. Do you have a team in place to think about how to leverage the top supply chain trends?
Collaborating with supply chain partners not only develops stronger partnerships but it also can deliver significant bottom line business results.
Customer collaboration is always a good idea; however, leveraging customer collaboration during challenging economic times can be one of the keys to success.