Supply Chain & Operations Strategy
Supply Chain Design & Engineering
Supply Chain Planning
Supply Chain Execution
Supply Chain Systems
Supply Chain Design and Engineering
Supply chain excellence is driven by the development of upfront and expert design and engineering standards and work processes that bring a blend of best practices and unique requirements for each client.
Whether it be developing an optimized transportation network that reduces costs and improves services, or designing the ideal distribution sizing footprint and Material Handling solution, or incorporating a best practices process blueprint for a planning module for an ERP implementation, SCAP provides the leadership and technical know for each project requirements and deliverables.
SCAP focuses on the following specific professional services in helping clients create the supply chain vision or roadmap and more critically how it will be executed.
- DC Warehouse Sizing and Material Handling Design
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We help our clients understand the exact space footprint driven from a material handling design and operational layout to determine their Distribution Centre requirements. We deploy advanced techniques in modeling the storage and throughput requirements based on current and projected volumes and develop an appropriate facility sizing model. Once sizing is determined we then develop a more detailed and engineered design of the material handling equipment, operational layout and flow for the facility. At this stage we usually support our client in dealing with the various material handling suppliers in a Request For Proposal scenario and assist and support with final selection and implementation.
We typically help our clients answer the following questions:
- How much square footage do we need for our Distribution facilities, from a real estate perspective?
- What is the optimal material handling design for the type of products we handle?
- What would be the capital cost as well as ROI and payback for a new facility and optimal material handling design?
- What would the annual operating budget be if we implement this new facility and design?
- What productivity and throughput gains can be delivered with this new design?
- What kind of performance metrics should we be seeing from the material handling equipment and design as well as our direct workforce?
- What would be a short term strategy for current facilities and operations until we can develop and get approval for a consolidated operation?
- Distribution Network Design / Optimization / Implementation
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We support our clients in helping them understand and quantify optimization scenarios in their supply chain networks. This would include location of Distribution Centres and sizing, inbound and outbound transportation network modeling and inventory deployment investments. All three elements would be articulated in annual operating costs or cost of capital.
We typically help our clients answer the following questions:
- If we were to optimize our distribution network, how many facilities do we need, what would be the approximate square footage, where should they be located?
- What would be the annual operating costs of the new optimized network?
- With this new network what would our transportation network look like in terms of modes, shipment sizes, volumes?
- Which customers would be served from each distribution centre?
- What would be the impact of the new network on the amount of inventory required at each facility?
- How would the new network improve service levels to our customers?
- How can we optimize and redesign our transportation network to reduce overall costs and what actions need to be taken to implement these changes?
