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When the Board of Directors have asked for a presentation on supply chain performance, contribution or plans and you are short of resources |
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When you are going to negotiate and need content to balance the information asymmetry |
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When you suspect you are spending too much on freight, transportation, Third Party Logistics (3PL), warehousing etc |
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When you think your suppliers in supply chain know more about supply chain in your business than you do, and they are using that knowledge as a negotiation leverage |
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When you think there has to be a better, more cost effective way of configuring the supply chain |
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When the service levels are suffering, customers are constantly complaining |
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When warehouses are overflowing with inventory, on rounds you routinely see obsolete/redundant stock lying around. Working capital is an issue |
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When evidence of lack of planning and scheduling is all over. Chaos, missed shipments, double payments, double shipments, low utilisation of trucks, etc. would generally signal that |
