PROVIDING SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICS SOLUTIONS
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Insync Supply Chain Management
ISCM has significant expertise in the development and execution of supply chain strategies, transforming the integration, alignment and functional synchronisation across all supply chain stakeholders.
ISCM has project managed the design and implementation of supply chain and logistics projects for major blue chip companies and their suppliers and customers.
Designing concepts tailored into viable solutions that achieve an organisation’s goals requires intricate knowledge on global best practice and industry best practice before recommending the optimal solution.
Whether conceiving, developing, re-engineering or refining, our specialists are competent in the design of supply chain and logistics concepts.
Adding life to a design is reliant on the expert execution of the implementation phase lead by the project manager with the project team. Using our proven project management methodologies each project is successfully transformed through 3 phases:
1. Definition Phase (Scope)
2. Planning Phase
3. Implementation Phase
ISCM conducts supply chain and logistics performance audits measuring and implementing cost, productivity, safety and service improvements. We identify the gaps in current information, tasks, processes, administration, governance, and management performance to develop cutting edge solutions.
Our specialists have expertise managing medium to large operations where the culture and application of continually appraising a cost centre’s performance across all facets is mandatory. These skills and intimate knowledge lead to the development of proven techniques for measuring both operational and managerial performance.
Managers have a significant role to play in leading and motivating their personnel to achieve and sustain a level of performance. However, they require planning and forecasting tools, performance targets and visibility to the results within short lead-times.
Performance audits will recommend task restructuring or process re-engineering solutions from industry or global best practice.
Specialising in:
- Supply Chain Optimisation
Supply chain optimization is the application of processes and tools to ensure the optimal operation of a manufacturing and distribution supply chain. This includes the optimal placement of inventory within the supply chain, minimizing operating costs (including manufacturing costs, transportation costs, and distribution costs). This often involves the application of mathematical modelling techniques using computer software.
- Supply Chain Strategy
Strategic decisions determine the overall direction of company’s supply chain. They should be made in conjunction with the companies overall objectives and not biased towards any particular product or regional location. These high level decisions can be refined, as required, to the specific needs of the company at the lower levels which allow for tactical and operational supply chain decisions to be made.
- Project Management
Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, securing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. It is sometimes conflated with program management, however technically that is actually a higher level construction: a group of related and somehow interdependent engineering projects.
- Continuous Performance Improvement
Reducing costs, eliminating waste, improved productivity, creating new services, holding stock on consignment, mass customisation… the potential areas for improvement are almost endless. But the solution may involve the introduction of new technology, adopting vendor managed inventory, a rethinking of processes, moving to a third party logistics provider, rationalising suppliers, new training, expanding into new geographical markets or developing and delivering a different channel strategy.
- Strategic Sourcing
Strategic sourcing is an institutional procurement process that continuously improves and re-evaluates the purchasing activities of a company. In a production environment, it is often considered one component of supply chain management. Strategic sourcing techniques are also applied to non traditional area such as services or capital.
- Lean & Agile Supply Chain
Lean agile supply chain management should be considered by businesses who want to streamline their processes by eliminating waste and non-value added activities. Companies have a number of areas in their supply chain where waste can be identified as time, costs or inventory. To create a leaner supply chain companies must examine each area of the supply chain. Lean supply chain management can improve the company’s competitiveness as well as improve the company’s overall profitability.
- Supply Chain Operations
Operational supply chain decisions are made hundreds of times each day in a company. These are the decisions that are made at business locations that affect how products are developed, sold, moved and manufactured. Operational decisions are made with awareness of the strategic and tactical decisions that have been adopted within a company. These higher level decisions are made to create a framework within the company’s supply chain operate and to the best competitive advantage. The day to day operational supply chain decisions ensure that the products efficiently move along the supply chain achieving the maximum cost benefit. A number of examples of operational decisions can be identified in manufacturing, supplier relationships and logistics.
- Training & Development in Supply Chain
In employee motivation and retention is the opportunity employees want to continue to grow and develop in supply chain management and career enhancing skills. In fact, this opportunity to continue to grow and develop through training and development is one of the most important factors in employee motivation.
There are a couple of secrets about what employees want from training and development opportunities, however. Plus, training and development opportunities are not just found in external training classes and seminars. These ideas emphasize what employees want in training and development opportunities. They also articulate your opportunity to create devoted, growing employees who will benefit both your business and themselves through your supply chain training and development opportunities.
