To reach and maintain Operational and Supply Chain excellence you need to take an unbiased and holistic review of your supply chain three ways.
- Strategy and Execution. What and why are we selling these products? How do we efficiently execute them throughout the supply chain?
- Review the Sales and Operation process and how key demand and supply data feeds it in a continuous loop. Convert this into a solid and ongoing financial plan.
- Process steps and critical integration points from the R&D process until final delivery to customer.
Using kaizen style workshops, data mining best practices and utilizing ERP systems to streamline the process will drives maximum value, align the company and removes non value bias opinions.
How does Nike put it?
Just do it.