Helping With Supply Chain Network Design and Footprint Optimization

Through the structured approach of root cause analysis of supply chain network issues, re-engineering processes and data models, and implementing appropriate systems or process changes.

Problems Companies Face

When They Need Help With Supply Chain Network Design and Footprint Optimization?

ElevatIQ’s supply chain network design and footprint optimization services are designed to help companies when they struggle with these challenges.

No Supply Chain or Operations Control Tower Capabilities


Supply chain currently manually operated? No central capabilities to analyze all of your shipments and movements across internal facilities and vendors? Companies seek help from ElevatIQ when they need help building control tower capabilities.

No Centralized Capabilities to Plan Shipments and Movements


Current sites and docks siloed without centralized planning capabilities? Synergies between different docks and sites exist but not able to capitalize on them because of the lack of system capacity. Companies seek help from ElevatIQ when they need centralized capabilities to plan shipments and movements.

Limited Supply Chain Traceability Across the Supply Chain Network


Not able to plan your supply chain because of limited visibility across the network? Struggling with product traceability in regulated industries? Companies seek help from ElevatIQ when they struggle with supply chain traceability across the supply chain network.

Decision Science is not Working to Optimize the Supply Chain Network


Struggling to get quality data to make decisions? Can’t make timely decisions because of delayed insights? Companies seek help from ElevatIQ when decision science doesn’t work to optimize the supply chain network.

Revenue Not Optimized Across Supply Chain


Not sure if there might be revenue optimization opportunities by shipping or moving goods differently? Curious about analyzing current shipment and movement data to find optimization opportunities? Companies seek help from ElevatIQ when their revenue might not be optimized across the supply chain.

Supply Chain Issues Because of Geopolitical and Macroeconomic Challenges


Supply chain issues because of geopolitical and macroeconomic challenges? Can’t plan for a supply chain because of ever-changing supply chain drivers? Companies seek help from ElevatIQ when they struggle with supply chain issues because of geopolitical and macroeconomic challenges.

Want to learn more about why independent consultants have a higher success rate with supply chain network design and footprint optimization?

Our Case Studies for

Supply Chain Network Design and Footprint Optimization

Our Methodology

for Supply Chain Network Design and Footprint Optimization

The process starts with an assessment to identify the KPIs and processes that would drive supply chain network design and footprint optimization. Once identified, as-is and to-be process models are built, including aligning all the stakeholders about the impact on their areas. And the changes that need to be made with processes, data, and systems to recalibrate planning.

1
Assessment


This phase starts with as-is and to-be process models, as well as digging into the current issues aligned with the goals of supply chain network design and footprint optimization. This phase also proposes several options and their pros and cons, along with the business case. An option that is least financially and technically risky is chosen for the next step.

3
Implementation


This step implements the changes identified, whether they are going to be system, process, or data related. This phase could be divided into multiple phases and milestones depending upon the complexity of each change, including the identification of KPIs and how the changes would be measured after each step.

2
Business Process and Technical Analysis


This step is a deeper dive into the chosen options and tracing processes and data related to supply chain network design and footprint optimization. This step also performs buy vs. build analysis if system changes might be required to achieve the profitability goals.

4
Adoption and Optimization


Post implementation, this step helps in gathering feedback from the users if the initiative is aligned with their expectations, as well as whether the new supply chain network design and footprint optimization techniques have helped them hit their KPIs.This phase iterates until the stakeholders confirm the results of the new changes.

Ready to learn how we can help With Supply Chain Network Design and Footprint Optimization?

Our Other

Supply Chain Services

ElevatIQ Supply Chain Consulting services include supply chain and operations transformation, supply chain technology architecture, supply chain software selection, sales and operations planning, inventory, warehousing, and logistics optimization, and supply chain network design and footprint optimization.

Sales and Operations Planning


This service helps in optimizing sales and operations, whether your current issues might be related to demand forecasting, supply planning, or transportation planning. The service starts with the analysis and assessment of your current KPI and issues, followed by a root cause analysis, and then finally, a systemic change approach, whether the changes may be related to the processes or data.

Supply Chain Software Selection


This service helps in selecting different supply chain software, including buy vs. build decisions. The process starts with setting clear boundaries of the process and interaction flow for the desired component, then building requirement and solution matrix to evaluate different solutions, including RFP development, vendor negotiations, and the voting process for the selection.

Supply Chain Technology Architecture


This service helps build supply chain technology architecture depending upon the number of systems involved in different areas of supply chain planning, such as S&OP, TMS, WMS, OMS, or FMS. This service ensures the process boundaries of different systems, including master data governance workflows, and how all the systems would work together to deliver on the process and planning goals as per desired KPIs.

Ready to learn how we can help with Supply Chain Network Design and Footprint Optimization?

FREE RESOURCE

2024 Digital Transformation Report

This digital transformation report summarizes our annual research on ERP and digital transformation trends and forecasts for the year 2024.