Successful Supply Chain Transformation Achieved
Addressing Supply Chain Challenges
Unlocking Digital Transformation for Your Business
Companies often encounter supply chain challenges stemming from various sources, including inadequate planning maturity, data quality issues, and overly complex systems. These challenges may manifest in issues related to demand forecasting, supply chain planning, inventory management, and allocation. Additionally, companies may face obstacles such as limited visibility into their supply chain network and inefficient material movement workflows.
Demand Forecasting Challenges
Are you encountering supply chain planning hurdles due to demand forecasting inaccuracies? Does inaccurate forecasting lead to inventory overstocking? CDMA offers solutions for companies grappling with demand forecasting challenges.
Ad-Hoc Processes for Supply Management
Struggling to oversee international inventory effectively? Lacking visibility into container shipments? Constantly resorting to ad-hoc adjustments to maintain timely supply? CDMA assists companies in implementing streamlined processes for ensuring timely supply.
Supply Planning Dilemmas
Is your demand planning satisfactory, but supply remains unpredictable due to supply chain disruptions and unreliable vendors? Are you heavily reliant on manual spreadsheet manipulations for supply planning? CDMA provides support for companies seeking assistance with supply planning.
Inventory Overstocking Caused by MRP Issues
Are your Bill of Materials (BOMs) configured for make-to-order when a make-to-stock approach would suffice? Does your current plan result in excessive inventory to meet demand? Are inventory turnover rates unmonitored? CDMA aids in addressing inventory overstocking resulting from faulty MRP processes.
Inventory Management and Allocation Challenges
Do you lack visibility into a significant portion of your inventory, leading to reconciliation challenges? Are you frequently firefighting due to unavailability of inventory reserved for key customers? CDMA offers solutions for companies struggling with inventory management and allocation issues.
Poor-Quality Data from Suppliers and Customers
Are you receiving subpar data from suppliers and customers, leading to forecast adjustments? Does inaccurate data hamper planning efforts? CDMA provides assistance to companies facing planning hurdles due to poor-quality data from suppliers and customers.
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How Does CDMA Stand Out?
Among Other Supply Chain Consulting Firms?
Unlike typical supply chain consulting firms, CDMA offers expertise beyond just supply chain and operations planning. Our capabilities extend to process transformation, reengineering, enterprise architecture, and system integration, providing comprehensive solutions for your business needs.
In the realm of business model transformation endeavors, including the establishment of new channels or business models, a thorough analysis of existing processes and systems is imperative. Other Supply Chain consulting firms lack the requisite expertise in process and transformation necessary for the success of Supply Chain transformation initiatives.
While many Supply Chain consulting firms may concentrate on a limited number of systems like ERP, P2P, WMS, or eCommerce, they lack a comprehensive perspective essential for constructing enterprise architecture. This deficiency exposes them to technical biases and associated risks.
While most Supply Chain consulting firms focus on a select few systems, CDMA collaborates closely with over 200 systems, continuously tracking and exploring possibilities to uncover solutions yielding the highest ROI in the market.
Developing a vendor-agnostic architecture mandates the delineation of data flows across various warehouses, channels, processes, and systems. This endeavor involves identifying the source of truth for each shared dataset and designing master data governance process flows to ensure architecture integrity—a skill set that few possess, akin to CDMA’s deep expertise in scaling Supply Chain architecture.
Many Supply Chain consulting firms lack the cross-functional background necessary to comprehend ERP data models and devise integration flows accordingly. Consequently, they often overengineer supply chain systems like P2P or S&OP, leading to notable challenges in supply chain planning, such as demand forecasting issues or prolonged lead times. CDMA’s ERP data model expertise aids in averting these challenges effectively.
Our Approach
To Supply Chain Consulting Services
Begins with evaluating your current systems and existing supply chain technologies. Following this assessment, we proceed with business process reengineering, high and low-level design, implementation, and training.
Assessment
This phase commences with an analysis of the current and future supply chain processes, evaluating existing systems, architecture, and potential process enhancements. It delves into master data and integration points, assessing the scope for improvement.
Solution Matrix Development And Technical Analysis
A deeper examination of business processes is conducted from a technical perspective, scrutinizing over 200 ERP systems against critical success factors. The solution matrix undergoes continual refinement to meet stakeholder expectations, including technical analysis of workflows, mappings, and integration points.
Implementation
Identified changes, whether system, process, or data-related, are implemented in this phase. Depending on complexity, this stage may be segmented into multiple phases with defined milestones. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are established to gauge the efficacy of changes at each step.
Requirements Matrix And Business Process Analysis
This phase captures requirements within the as-is and to-be process models, outlining critical success factors for potential solution adoption. If process and data changes are required, workflow design for impacted stakeholders is developed alongside change analysis.
Solution Selection And Contract Negotiations
A series of demos evaluates solution capabilities, aligning stakeholders with prospective changes. Stakeholders are briefed on each solution’s pros and cons post-demonstration. Contract negotiations may also be conducted if a new solution is required to resolve supply chain issues.
Adoption And Optimization
Following implementation, user feedback is gathered to ensure alignment with expectations and KPI attainment. Iterative refinement continues until stakeholders confirm the effectiveness of implemented changes.