The 1st Step in Your Lean Procurement Strategy

During the past few years, companies have focused on supply chain improvements with initiatives centered on operational excellence and cost cutting. But have they worked?

While many companies have implemented technology solutions (e.g. advanced planning and scheduling systems), not all have seen the required benefits. In some cases, targets have been missed and momentum lost.  Rather than investing in more technology, there is now the pressing need for quick wins to deliver the expected levels of profitability, performance, and working capital efficiency.

What is the current situation of your company? Perhaps you are one of the few who meet or even exceed supply chain targets. Or, maybe you sense an opportunity and would like to improve. Do you consider that your supply chain is in good health? Or, perhaps in need of a "tune-up"?

What is an ERP Tune-up™?

Focusing on the specific needs of your industry and your company, we leverage our cloud platform and services to offer a quick intervention delivering fast improvements. The tune-up addresses people, process, data and technical issues, and leads to a clear action plan based on a detailed analysis of your data.

The LeanDNA ERP Tune-up is designed to identify how to improve supply chain performance, and gain consensus on how to implement those improvements. In one week, a team of two lean system experts will use the LeanDNA® platform to perform a detailed diagnosis of your supply chain & procurement processes.

We work with your senior management to uncover and agree on opportunities for improvement, identify quick-win initiatives, and develop a roadmap for long-term sustained improvement. Our aim is to show how your company can outperform its competitors by following the best-in-class supply chain leaders.

Output from the ERP Tune-up

On the first day we deploy the LeanDNA software to assess the current state of your supply chain and procurement strategy.  LeanDNA contains powerful technology to quickly synchronize specific data from your ERP systems based on a well-defined lean operations model.  This knowledge is based on our team's experience in implementing lean conversions in over 90 factories in 16 countries.

After working with your team to understand your business objectives and supply chain opportunities, our lean consultants will prepare a set of valuable materials that layout a plan consisting of both short-term wins and long-term actions . This material offers genuine value, and represents a clear and readily actionable plan. The primary deliverables are as follows:

• Opportunity Analysis
• Quick Wins
• Improvement Roadmap
• Action Plan