Service Offering

Supply Chain Activities integrate the processes that ultimately transform raw materials and components into a finished product which creates value for the end customer.

Areas of Expertise

  • Product Development Processes and Documentation
  • Supplier and Supply Chain Management
  • Demand Planning and Inventory Management
  • Process Control / Process Improvement
  • Product Quality
  • Order Management and Logistics

 

  • Product Development Processes and Documentation
    -Transform engineering bill of material to manufacturing BOM
    -Create costed BOM
    - Product structuring for supply chain optimization
    - Component part numbering and database implementation
    - Implement effective engineering change process
    - Manufacturability reviews
    - Manage transition from prototype to production

  • Supplier and Supply Chain Management
    - Supply chain strategic planning
    - Supplier capability assessment
    - Supplier audit
    - Supplier selection
    - Implement NDAs, quoting and procurement processes
    - Negotiate pricing, delivery and supply agreements
    - Supplier management
    - Project management
    - Manage transfer of product from one location to another
    -Set up purchasing policies and procedures

  • Demand Planning and Inventory Management
    - Inventory planning
    - Establish stocking policy and strategies
    - Identify lead times and economic order quantities
    - Inventory reductions
    - Increased inventory turns
    - Implement forecasting and demand planning processes
    - MRP / ERP
    - Reduce excess and obsolete inventory

  • Process Control / Process Improvement
    - Plant layout and design
    - Assembly labor estimating
    - Operations analysis
    - Reduce cycle times
    - Make vs Buy evaluation
    - Cost reduction
    - Capacity planning
    - Increase throughput
    - Solve manufacturing and supply problems

  • Product Quality
    - Quality assessments
    - Create quality goals and control plans
    - Define inspection and test points
    - Solve quality problems
    - Quality/Reliability improvements
    - Improve manufacturing test yields
    - Reduce scrap
    - Source inspection
    - Create ISO procedures and documentation


  • Order Management and Logistics
    - Warehouse planning
    - Develop shipping and packing procedures
     -Determine standard fulfillment intervals and capability
    - Improve on time delivery performance
    - Implement customer satisfaction metrics