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PROJECT SERVICES

 

All Services provided and methodologies, are based on successful business cases & projects, with proven results either on Efficiency improvements, Costs reduction, Inventory optimizations, Cycle time reductions, Transport cost reductions, and/ or Integrated Sales & Operations Planning process.

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In many projects we have used Lean Six Sigma technics, such as:

5S, Value Stream Mapping (VSM),  Kanban (Pull), Kaizen & PDCA cycle, Root Causes Analysis, Visual Management and others.

Integrated Sales & Operational Planning (IS&OP)

 

  • Demand Planning & Forecasting.

  • Supply Planning & Rough Cut Capacity (Production & Purchases).

  • Shipment Planning.

  • MPS, MRP II, DRP.

  • Roles & Responsibilities (RACI).

  • Calendars, Inputs, Outputs.

  • KPIs: Forecast to Sales, Forecast to Forecast, Days on Hand, SIFOT, PIFOT, DIFOT, ...

  • Inventory Reductions.

Inventory Management

 

  • Inventory Policy: Historical consumptions, Safety Stock, Re-order point, bandwidths.

  • Cycle Counting: ABCD method, Monthly cycle.

  • SLOBS Detection & Control.

  • FIFO, FEFO, LIFO concepts.

  • Gross Inventory vs Net Inventory.

  • Costs of Inventory.

  • KPIs: Days on Hand, % SLOBs, ...

Procurement & Purchases (PtP)

 

  • Procurement vs Purchasing cycle.

  • Category Management definition, savings implementation.

  • Supplier Tenders, Phases and Contracts Negotiation : RFI, RFQ, RFP.

  • Purchasing cycle: Master Data, Requisition, Purchase Order, Good Receipt, Invoice.

  • RACI table for Roles.

  • KPIs: SIFOT, Prices Index, MoQ, ...

Network Distribution

 

  • Sourcing Points, Centres of Consumption.

  • Gravity Centres postulation.

  • Matrix Costing for Transport.

  • Transport Lanes

  • Tenders & Freight Negotiations.

  • Safety in Transport.

  • KPIs: Unit Costs, % Utilization, Time to Delivery, ...

Harmonized Order to Cash (HOTC)

 

  • Prospects to Order vs Order to Cash cycle.

  • Master Data for Materials, Vendors & Customers.

  • Sales Order intake, Confirmation.

  • Available to Promise (ATP).

  • Deliver Due List.

  • Picking List, Packing List.

  • Goods Issue & Delivery.

  • Delivery Notes, Invoice, CoA, CoO, MSDS.

  • Customer Service Centre organization & Competencies.

  • KPIs: DIFOT, Order Changes, Rush Orders, Anticipation, Loading Factor.

Value Chain Diagnosis

 

  • Business Strategy & Customer Segmentation.

  • Manufacturing Strategy & Configuration.

  • Supply Chain Configuration.

  • Cost to Serve Analysis.

  • GAPs  identification and Root Cause Analysis.

  • Risk Assessments.

  • Solutions Proposal to close GAPs.

  • Implementation.

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