
What’s changed for global supply chain strategy?
But with the prospect of COVID-19 vaccines in the pipeline, are supply chain and procurement managers preparing to press the reset button, or have global supply chain strategies changed for good?
At Vendigital our Industrial Manufacturing consultants help businesses navigate disruption and improve competitiveness by rapidly improving performance, reducing costs and increasing value throughout the supply chain.
Our team of Industrial Manufacturing consultants work in partnership with manufacturing and industrial clients across complex programmes addressing a variety of issues, ranging from rapid performance improvement across multiple geographies, to implementing improvements that have an immediate impact on the bottom line of businesses. We offer innovative advice and hands-on support to businesses when it comes to maximising their profit, value and growth potential.
Our team have in-depth expertise and hands-on experience in Industrial Manufacturing from holding senior roles in industry. We know what it takes to deliver a step change in performance, productivity and profitability, and importantly how to embed and make results sustainable. Vendigital is leading the way when it comes to performance improvement and cost reduction within the Industrial Manufacturing sector.
The Unique Challenges Facing the Industrial Manufacturing Industry
We are fully conversant with the varied and unique challenges that this industry faces today and is set to face in the future. With a myriad of emerging and advanced technologies, the industrial landscape is constantly fluctuating, and cutting-edge advances must be incorporated into existing legacy systems in order to sustain competitiveness in the marketplace.
As a result, our team is focused on tackling these unique challenges and finding effective solutions to overcome them so that our clients can enjoy greater profitability and success in both the short and long term.
Some of the challenges and solutions that our team can address include:
• Improving process efficiencies and reducing costs through rapid waste reduction across the supply chain.
• Plugging leaks in margins to maintain and improve profitability.
• Optimising assets to reduce costs in the short and long term.
• Improving business resilience to cope with future disruption.
• Improving the predictability of the organisation’s performance to drive effective decision making.
• Managing increasing automation and integration of the Internet of Things into existing legacy systems.
• Helping businesses to determine the best time for implementing these changes and advances.
• Assisting organisations in finding the best ways to implement those new technologies.
• Identifying opportunities for new technology and innovation to boost productivity and improve production methods.
• Improving access to external and internal expertise in order to reduce the cost and risk of R&D.
• Ensuring agility within the supply chain to circumvent potential supply problems and reduce expenditure.
• Improving synchronisation and visibility in the supply chain to minimise losses and improve efficiency.
• Serving customers at the lowest cost possible to increase profitability and increase margins.
• Helping to rationalise and optimise the organisation’s global footprint. As experienced specialists with deep industry knowledge, we help our clients to make informed decisions of their supply chain and manufacturing opportunities, better identifying and implementing changes to the operating model needed to enable an organisation’s strategic vision.
• Identifying the way in which local issues are impacting on the entire process of manufacturing and how those local issues can be circumvented or worked with in order to maximise efficiency, minimise losses and boost profitability.
• Ensuring that the manufacturing system is as agile as possible and capable of responding to fluctuations in customer demand.
• Utilising the mix of near shore and off-shore outsourcing to improve efficiency and profitability.
At Vendigital we adopt a data-led approach with all our clients. Data is at the heart of today’s competitive and global manufacturing landscape. Our team understand that, in order to be competitive, an organisation’s data must work in their favour, driving outcomes that are measurable and that can support both strategic and tactical initiatives.
We provide clients with real-time data-driven views over their entire cost-base, providing bespoke insights that ensure the business maximises the opportunities it is presented with. Our team are able to achieve this remotely, giving its partner organisations better understanding of our customers thanks to a fully integrated digital platform that ensures effective engagement and collaboration between our consultancy team and our clients.
We understand that the optimal operational strategy is imperative for the success of any manufacturing business, and leveraging the key capabilities of the organisation is vital for driving up profits, bolstering resilience and ensuring long term sustainable growth. This is why we place our focus firmly on the dissection of the performance metrics that already exist together with an in-depth examination of the industry’s current landscape. We can then align forward-looking strategies with the business objectives, identifying the best areas to provide instant impact as well as areas in which long term gains can be achieved.
Choosing Vendigital
Vendigital brings together a highly experienced and dedicated team across Data & Analytics, Transformation and Industrial Manufacturing in order to deliver an approach that is both holistic and highly adaptable. As a result, we not only ensure that maximum value can be delivered rapidly, but we can also guarantee that no opportunity will be left untouched. This allows us to sustain our clients’ benefits while embedding improvements seamlessly into their everyday business operations.
Are you ready to learn more about how our Industrial Manufacturing consultants can help your organisation? Then contact us today. We’re looking forward to hearing from you and beginning our effective partnership to boost your business’ productivity, efficiency and bottom-line.
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