Supply Chain Strategy | Logistics Strategy

Are your Warehouses, DC's or Manufacturing facilities located in the right place?

Line Haul costs are increasing?

Is your inventory holding cost increasing?

Is your customer service level falling?

Being located in the wrong location places constant pressure on your organisations ability to meet customer service levels as the cost to serve is always escalating and can be difficult to curb. If your business operates from a single site or multiple sites, we believe that it is important to understand the real cost drivers and your total cost to serve from existing locations. Once understood, organisations should be encouraged to improve all aspects of their current operation and only consider relocation as a last resort as establishment costs and other risk factors need to be considered.

We can assist your organisation to meet the challenge of balancing cost improvement with customer service levels by undertaking a distribution network design analysis of your business and providing you with the facts for your decision making. This can be undertaken in a detailed approach by your organisation providing the following data so that we can model the outcomes:

Inbound Logistics

Location of supply points
Transport mode from supplier
Consignment size,value,frequency
Total cost of inbound logistics

Site administration costs
Order size value and frequency
Customer locations
Customer service level requirements

Warehouse costs, people, equipment etc
Transport modes and destinations
Reverse logistics costs.

Working with "A Turn Key Solution", organisations can make considerable advances by developing the right supply chain strategy that is aligned with the business strategy, its people, locations, systems, processes and infrastructure. The right level of alignment can provide the following benefits:

Ability to react to variable customer demand at the right cost and margin for your business
Increased levels of efficiency by customer
The right mix of DC's, warehouses or satelite storage points improves asset utilisation and effectiveness
Control of your supply chain costs
The right level of inventory across your supply chain network
Improved leadtime and response for your transport deliveries to customers

Select a Supply Chain and Logistics Assessment that identifies real improvement.

We offer a range of assessments that are tailored to specific functions within your oganisation that require review. Depending on the scope of works or the scale of your organisation, our assessments are typically completed within 2 weeks of commencement for single site entities. Reference sites available on request.