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Duration of support depends on the program
scope, schedule, type of organization, previous
strategies, actual "readiness" of the user to
move forward, senior leadership (champion)
support, financials, etc.
From military
organizations to corporate structure, most
organizations struggle with Supply Chain
Management (SCM). Those with
great "wallpaper"
SCM strategies eventually stagnate due to fiscal
execution and accountability issues.
In our 23 years of
diverse military and state department
experience, plus 6 years with major
corporations, we have continually seen chaos,
inefficiencies and other ills in organizations
because the leaders or key managers didn't
really understand what they really wanted to be
to their company, internal customers, external
customers or suppliers.
Since they weren't
forward looking (realistically) or able to
develop, update or execute a value-based SCM
strategy, their customers, employees and
suppliers were frustrated. If the business
didn't die, stagnation set in and competition
easily took the rest.
Every
company, from a home-based operation to a
corporate giant -- must have a strategy.
We work with leadership
to understand what is the desire -- not only
day-to-day, but long-term -- then candidly
challenge all layers of management to describe
current organization versus its
future vision. The most important thing is that
both the current and future states must be based
on realities.
For example, we know
several senior military and civilian company
leaders who want to follow the Big Box Stores
when their company won't get get out of a shoe
box with their current strategy. Not only do
the unrealistic goals cripple an
organization's true growth, they frustrate
employees, partners and customers who have to
deal with the turmoil as the company figures it
out.
We help the
leadership find and compare models which are
realistic to their organization. Another important phase
is understanding the realities of risks to all
parts of the SC as the organization moves
forward.
We supported SCM
Strategy Analysis and Development, including
helping to identify lean opportunities and
action steps, for an
undisclosed multi-million dollar program.
Customer referrals are available, based on a
legitimate need to know.
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