Case Study – Circa 2010-2020 Timeframe
Supply Chain Benchmarks- Success Story
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN BENCHMARKS
Cost Savings Initiatives
Commodity Boom
Investments in New capital types of equipment.
Lower costs structure
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PROJECT DETAILS
- In the same range Benchmark activities on companies providing the same product value and of size.
- Envisaged benchmark to save 10 to 20% on supply chain costs.
- Realization of cost savings of nearly 20%.
POPULAR CASE STUDY
- BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
- OPERATIONAL NETWORK RATIONALISATION
- OUTSOURCING 3.0
- GLOBAL MANUFACTURING FOOTPRINT OPTIMISATION
CLIENT SITUATION
- The company had nearly 9 manufacturing locations for nearly 4,000 products which were supplied to more than 100 countries around the world.
- Average utilization of plants was 53%.
- The Supply Chain was extremely complex due to security regulations controlling the movement and storage of dangerous goods.

METHODOLOGY
A suitable benchmark for the operation was developed based on several relevant criteria.


RESULTS
The benchmark for total supply chain costs suggested that the business might be able to reduce its supply chain spend by around $XX M pa.

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