SUPPLY CHAIN OPTIMIZATION
For most manufacturing and distribution companies, material costs can far exceed labor costs as a percentage of the actual product cost, so focusing on the processes that optimize the flow of materials from suppliers through to the customer should be a priority. With the advent of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Distribution Resource Planning systems (DRP) and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), etc., this can be a very complex environment to execute process improvement. AIT's Value Chain Transformation (VCT) methodology breaks this elephant down into smaller chunks so you can make your process improvement investments in the right places and elevate your Supply Chain to world class. Some of our typical Supply Chain challenges include process improvement in one or more of the following areas:
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