Supply Chain Management
Leveraging Procurement to optimize your supply chain
Supply chain optimization can help in increasing the efficiency of the entire supply
chain - higher service levels at lower operating costs.
The GEP Proposition
GEP supply chain optimization services include the following areas:
- Network optimization: This area provides your supply chain team another lever to
increase efficiency and reduce costs, beyond rate negotiations with your logistics
providers. Our team of experienced consultants reviews your entire inbound and outbound
logistics network. Opportunities are identified in terms of routes that can be consolidated,
non-productive inbound and outbound routes that can be eliminated as well as changes
in the locations of distribution nodes. These opportunities are aligned with your
strategic objectives to ensure that a long term perspective is taken. The optimization
study can help in identifying additional levers for reducing your logistics cost.
For companies that have already maximized the freight costs with their service providers,
this can provide an alternate mechanism for driving costs down. In addition, the
optimized supply chain scenario provides options to increase the service levels
of the supply chain, enabling you to serve your internal and external customers
in a better way.
- Benchmarking: This service provides your company an assessment of the position of
the supply chain operations with respect to other companies in the same as well
as different industries. These benchmarks help in identifying the key areas of improvement
for the entire supply chain. Our benchmarks are both at the cost and KPI level
helping you to drive improvements for specific areas. If you have outsourced your
logistics operations, you can use these benchmarks to negotiate better costs and
improved service levels with them.
Our team of consultants has implemented these services across a wide variety of
industries and geographies. With experience across North America, Europe and Asia
Pacific, they are well positioned to help your supply chain team to drive efficiencies.
Related links:
Procurement Transformation,
Organizational Design,
M&A Services,
Logistics Optimization