Are you getting the benefits that are expected from an S&OP/IBP process?

1. What are the common missing pieces of the puzzle?
2. What does a complete S&OP process include?
3. How do You measure whether Your S&OP is working or not?
4. How do You get Sales more intimately involved?
5. What is the number one key success factor?

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Lots of businesses struggle with overflowing warehouses. But often with a few simple fixes you can gain more space. You’ll see how to gain upto 30% more space.

• Different storage systems
• Why product slotting is one of the enablers to improved warehouse productivity
• Demonstration of warehouse layout comparisons
• Demonstration of live product slotting
• Why data will be key to your future improvement

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The layout and design of a warehouse, whether starting from scratch or an existing site, has a huge impact on operational performance. And yet so many companies get this wrong! Find out how to boost productivity and save costs.

• Avoid poor product flow that just increases costs and damage.
• Understand the layout or re-layout options that suit you best.
• How to easily improve an existing inefficient layout.
• Different technologies and when to use them.

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Many businesses struggle with high freight costs, and try to ‘negotiate’ better rates. But that’s not the answer.

• Identify rate ‘structures’ that impact your cost and service.
• Select the right freight services for your needs.
• Fix a poorly performing freight contract

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Those who ‘go it alone’ with Logistics Outsourcing can easily end up in trouble through the process or early in the life of the contract. We really want to make sure you don’t make those mistakes and avoid very common cost and service issues!

• Appreciate why organisations outsource Logistics. Is it for you?
• How to pick vendors and evaluate tender responses.
• Ensure implementation goes well.
• How to manage logistics contracts well.

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Spare parts inventories often balloon out and suffer from very poor stock visibility, that impacts cost and service.

• Understand and identify the common traps in spares inventory management.
• Identify why your inventory is out of balance, with poor service outcomes.
• Take simple steps to get your inventory profile on track again.
• Getting functions aligned to better manage your spares.

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Procurement can often be seen as a "dark art" or conversely just a standard process. But these mis conceptions merely indicate a poorly performing procurement function.

• Take a more strategic approach to Procurement
• Adopt a more outcome focussed approach.
• Ensure that vulnerabilities are identified and dealt with.
• Managing critical suppliers in difficult times!

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Project management is an essential skill in Supply Chain, as we manage change and new technologies. But many businesses struggle with it.

• Identify good project managers
• Set up a project for success
• Use some essential project management tools
• How to avoid common problems that lead to cost and time over run?

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Many businesses use too many, too few, or the wrong Supply Chain KPIs, and this impacts business performance.

• Select and use the right KPIs
• Use KPIs to drive business improvement
• Avoid common KPI mistakes
• One of the Best KPIs we have ever seen!

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Benchmarking is recognised as one of the most effective business improvement tools of the last decade!

• Establish the need and scope for Benchmarking
• Undertake simple and more complex Benchmarking
• Use Benchmarking to drive improvement
• Case studies showing huge improvements are possible!

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84% of Distribution Networks have massive avoidable costs, but most businesses dont know how to identify and eliminate them.

• Identify high cost areas and functions in your network.
• Establish what these main cost drivers are.
• Improve network flows to reduce costs by up to 18%
• Common signs that indicate your network is not performing well!

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In the current climate, secondary sourcing is particularly important to have in place.

• Identify high risk sourcing areas of your business
• Establish a secondary sourcing strategy
• Manage suppliers strategically
• Common mistakes businesses make

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For 23 years we have been helping businesses fix their Inventory and yet we are seeing the same issues appearing with many other businesses.

• Avoid the 7 Sins of Bad Inventory Management.
• Join the 28% of Businesses who get this right.
• Be on the ‘right’ path within 3 weeks.

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43% of Businesses don’t have a clearly documented Supply Chain Strategy, and as a result under performs!

• Avoid the problems caused by lack of strategy
• Use a simple DIY process for developing Supply Chain strategy
• Use important KPIs to measure performance
• Common strategy mistakes

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Shocking Truth – 72% of Businesses Just Don’t Understand this well enough and as a consequence their Supply Chains ‘leak’ profits and run at much higher cost, and up to 17% of their customers and products are loss makers! (and they don’t even realise)

• Avoid the 5 biggest errors that lead to increased Supply Chain costs.
• Use 2 simple techniques to reduce Distribution costs by up to 21%.
• Apply a simple roadmap to improve service and reduce costs.
• Signs that your costs are too high!

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27% of Businesses who should be, are still not using S&OP and suffer as a consequence.

• Determine if S&OP is for you and the potential benefits
• Apply very basic "beginner" S&OP processes
• Measure the benefits of S&OP
• Which industries benefit most from using S&OP?

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