Supply Chain & Operations Strategy
Supply Chain Design & Engineering
Supply Chain Planning
Supply Chain Execution
Supply Chain Systems
Supply Chain Systems
Leading our clients to develop a clear articulation of business requirements relating to either a full ERP or Supply Chain Planning or Execution System is an established skill set within our practice. From our experience we also provide best practice insight to the Request For Proposal process and have developed an approach that has been successful for our clients. SCAP consultants facilitate and provide the leadership to ensure there is an objective and effective process that supports the selection of the best qualified software company and provides input and guidance around risk and constraints in review of the implementation plan.
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.
- Best Practice Design & Blueprinting
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Many companies believe that moving to a new ERP or Supply Chain System business application will provide them “best practices and processes”. Not true. In advance of implementing any system there needs to be a fresh look at the work processes that currently support the key business functions and develop a “new” improved way of running the business, unconstrained by any system. Developing those new work processes and incorporating “best but appropriate” practices provide the right platform for making a selection for a new system
We typically help our clients answer the following questions:
- How should our “order to cash” processes be designed to ensure speed and efficiencies both internally and to our customers?
- How should we design our Sales and Operations Planning process through Demand Planning / Inventory Replenishment and Finished Goods Deployment?
- What are appropriate best practices that we can incorporate into our Logistics Execution process blueprint before finalizing with our software supplier?
- If we fundamentally change our Buying processes and accountabilities to a more centralized model what will be the organizational impacts that need to be aligned with the new processes?
- ERP and SCM Systems Selection
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We support our clients in providing a professional approach, rigour and objective experienced focus when the business has decided to engage the marketplace for the best technology solution that will improve internal capabilities and efficiencies.
We typically help our clients answer the following questions:
- What is the best method of objectively and efficiently developing the business requirements to enable our company to engage the ERP or Supply Chain Software vendors?
- We need someone to help us manage the RFI / RFP process that is focused on the initiative and can best represent our business to the vendor community?
- What technical elements need to be in the RFP and how do we best state and format those needs?
- What is the best methodology for us to "score" or weight the RFP elements and our selection criteria?
- How do we best leverage the process to ensure we include expectation of performance as well as leading us into the negotiation phase once we have selected a vendor?
