| Our consultants bring objectivity to your supply chain issues and identify solutions drawing on experience of a wide range of industry sectors. We will turn a paper-based strategy into reality, meeting your business objectives within the required timescale | |
Outsourcing and Supplier Management | The case for outsourcing, particularly the outsourcing of business processes that directly interface with your customers, needs careful thought, a full value stream analysis, meticulous preparation and total commitment. Outsourcing is a strategic issue for any company However, research also indicates that whilst the level of outsourcing is increasing, satisfaction with it has slightly fallen over recent years for the following reasons: | In order to gain competitive advantage and access new markets, more and more companies are looking further afield for their suppliers. LLC has considerable experience in selecting and subsequently developing them on behalf of our clients. Our experiences ensure that the risks associated with selecting and using suppliers from these countries is minimised. At LLC our team of consultants can assist you with outsourcing and managing supplier relationships by: |
- Distribution Network Design
- Warehouse Management solutions
- Policies, Procedures, and Work Instruction.
- Project Costs Estimating.
| - Inadequate resources provided by service providers
- Initial data and information was inaccurate or incomplete
- Commitment to outsourcing was lacking internally
- Poor contract management.
| - Helping to define your goals and produce realistic expectations
- Undertaking comprehensive data analysis
- Producing the Invitation to Tender
- Producing a short list of potential suppliers
- Planning timescales and response procedures
- Producing evaluation criteria
- Managing the evaluation process
- Preparing and negotiating a suitable Service Level Agreement
- Assisting in the implementation process
- Undertaking regular supplier audit
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