Reducing procurement costs by optimizing influenceable spend, minimizing transaction costs and implementing lean supply chain principles will put money on the bottom line – fast! In the medium term effective supplier relationship management provides the environment for continuous improvement and innovation. The alignment of procurement activities and supply chain performance with corporate objectives will provide the platform for competitive advantage.

The Solution

CSC’s Supply Chain professionals will:

• Utilize our analysis and diagnostic toolkit throughout the supply chain focussing particularly upon:
  • External expenditure
  • Influenceable opportunity and phasing potential
  • Requisition to payment processes
  • Usage of eProcurement methodology
  • Supply chain mapping
  • Demand management
  • Inventory accumulation
  • Performance management
  • People capability and resource utilization

• Create an holistic strategy which ensures optimisation of the supply chain

• Deploy our subject matter experts to implement the strategy and deliver the agreed benefits

CSC will initially perform a two-week, two-man assessment identifying the potential for tangible profit enhancement. The output will provide a benefits capture plan and subsequent due diligence will build specific profit contribution, cash flow and supply chain optimization benefits with expected phasing.

An integrated supply chain strategy will be provided and we will work with your team to implement the strategy and produce the benefits as well as transferring skills for a sustainable solution.

Our team is built upon individuals with practitioner experience and Masters-level academic achievement. This specialist team provides industry leading knowledge density, delivery capability and is supported by a full range of CSC business and technology teams.

The Benefits

Typical benefits realized include:

• Revenue growth of 2-10%
• Procurement cost reduction of 5-25%
• Forecasting improvement by 10-15%
• Inventory reduction of 15-50%
• Warehousing and transport costs reduced by 15-25%
• Customer service improvements of 5-20%

 

For more information please contact one of our Supply Chain Practice Leaders:

The Americas:                         Brad Barton Phone: +1 (314) 692-3700
Europe, Middle East, Africa:    Peter Garnett Phone: +44 (0) 7917 790127
Asia:                                        Chew Mei Fong Phone: +603 2071 0810
Australia:                                 Derek Millingham Phone: +02 9034 2119