Supply chain consulting

Efficient, flexible and resilient supply chains through supply chain consulting

How to achieve maximum efficiency in your supply chain

Industrial value creation takes place in a global context, as products are transported across geographical, political and customs borders. As a result, value creation networks are exposed to diverse and not fully controllable influences. However, a functioning supply chain is a crucial prerequisite for the market-compliant production of industrial goods. Supply chain management therefore plays a decisive role in the success of your company. As part of our supply chain consulting, we support you in making your supply chains more efficient, flexible and resilient – from the pioneering strategy to the efficient design of the network and the optimization of overarching planning and control processes.

Strategy

As SCM consultants, we develop the roadmap for the effective and targeted design of your supply chain.

Supply chain strategy

The supply chain strategy describes specific design approaches for all current and future challenges in your value creation network. It is the foundation for successful and sustainable supply chain management.

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Global Footprint

Globally active companies are constantly exposed to new requirements and risks. They must constantly defend and secure their market position. It is therefore important to constantly scrutinize your international value creation network.

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Complexity management

The aim is to create a balance between controlled diversity and complexity reduction. This involves identifying the drivers of variation in your portfolio and defining what degree and form of complexity is necessary for your success.

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Processes & Organization

We design processes and systems to make your supply chain more powerful, efficient and resilient.

Sales and Operations Planning

With Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), you can synchronize sales, production and procurement. Highly integrated business processes and intelligent planning systems allow you to profitably increase your capacity utilization, delivery capability and customer satisfaction.

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Circular economy

The circular economy offers two major economic incentives: higher contribution margins per product and continuous revenue streams over the entire service life. If implemented correctly, the circular economy can therefore become a driver of success for your company.

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Supply chain resilience

The crisis is the new normal. In order to remain capable of acting even in exceptional situations, companies must therefore protect their supply chains against disruptive influences. Transparency is an essential prerequisite for strengthening resilience.

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Technology & structures

We establish modern technologies and develop tailor-made structures in your supply chain.

Network Design

From procurement through all production stages to distribution: with Network Design, you can set up your value creation network efficiently and resiliently. You also optimize your delivery capability and service level and reduce your_{carbon footprint}.

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Supply Chain Control Tower

The supply chains of industrial companies are intricate and global. Managing them optimally is therefore a very demanding task; as an entrepreneur, you need comprehensive information from various sources in order to be able to make sensible, correct decisions. A supply chain control tower is the right tool for this because it offers all the options you need to monitor and successfully control industrial supply chains in real time.

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Site planning and relocation of production

Structured planning and efficient processes for the successful establishment of new production sites – we support you from site selection to commissioning.

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Selected success stories in the Supply Chain business division

Network Design Network logistics

With Supply Chain Design, an integrated network was developed for the reverse logistics of large load carriers, in which transportation, storage and handling are carried out cooperatively.

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Network optimization in distribution

To increase efficiency and reduce costs in the supply chain, the existing network structure was analyzed and an optimization and simulation model was created with AnyLogistix.

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The benefits for your supply chain

We support you in optimally designing your value creation network so that one cog fits into the other. As experienced supply chain consultants, we help you to optimize the performance and efficiency of your value chain.

Improved delivery capability

Increased adherence to delivery dates and reduced delivery times

Reduced manufacturing costs

Lower production, transportation, inventory and overhead costs

Increase in cash flow

through class-based inventory strategies

Creating more transparency

for a better ability to act and a sound basis for decision-making

Increasing flexibility

through strengthened resilience and adaptability

Avoidance of over- and undercapacity

through targeted synchronization of supply and demand