Lean manufacturing is a very human business process. We have a dedicated team of supply chain professionals that can provide the coaching and support you need. We have supported many organizations transition to run strategy planning quickly and risk free. We can transition you quickly and leverage our tools as a service so that commitment follows benefit rather than the other way around. You will find that our consultants understand your challenges and have seen what works and does not work. We will not make any assumptions or suggestions until we have walked your manufacturing floor and know your particular challenges. See the bios of our professionals (Managed Service Team).
Free Assessment:
Timeline: One to two weeks
Depth: We load a sample of your data into our tool
Output: A demonstration of the viability of using our process and tool in your organization
Experience: you get to see what the process and outputs might look like with your own data
Proof of Value:
Timeline: two to four weeks
Depth: we develop a run strategy for a select product family
Output:
- A complete run strategy for the product family
- Scenario comparison of before, after, and what-if–Size of the prize
- A playbook that can be rolled directly into the pilot phase.
Experience: your team gains hands on experience in using the tools and processes or developing a run strategy and playbook
Run Strategy Pilot:
Timeline: Usually over a quarter
Depth: Our team executes a run strategy playbook with your planners doing all the activities and our managed service professionals providing coaching and support
Output:
- An executed run strategy
- Feedback and corrections to the initial run strategy
Experience: Your organization begins the process of realizing its ROI from run strategy planning as well as develops the skills necessary to do run strategy planning in other product families
Manage Services:
Timeline: Quarterly or as required
Depth: One of our managed service professionals acts as an integrated member of your S&OP team. They maintain communication with your execution teams during the quarter and facilitate run strategy updating during your quarterly S&OP review.
Output:
- Updated Quarterly Run Strategy
- Analysis of what-if or alternative scenarios
Experience: Your operations planners continue to develop their skills and they can augment their S&OP tasks with the support of our professionals
Management Consulting Services:
Supply Chain Toolworks grew from management consulting roots. We are experts in profitability and operations strategy. We have helped many organizations look beyond operations planning and answer strategic decisions. We have specific experience in:
- Product Portfolio Profitability
- Business Process Re-engineering
- Activity Based Costing
Operations Optimization:
Supply Chain Toolworks has a specialty in developing custom solutions to a variety of operations optimization problems. We have Operations Research specialists and web application developers that can rapidly prototype and deploy a solution to your needs. Our teams focus on providing “real world” solutions. We would rather be 90% correct with a low risk-executable plan than be 100% correct with an impractical plan.
