Global Supply Chain Strategy Consulting
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Boston Strategies International helps companies achieve supply chain leadership by addressing complex challenges that can have many possible answers. We compete with the top consulting firms and win because our work is more thorough and we use appropriate tools at lower cost to deliver pragmatic, actionable recommendations.
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Our typical supply chain strategy engagements include the following:
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- Global Supply Chain Strategy
- Market Access Strategies
- Risk Mitigation Strategies
- World Class Supply Chain Organization Development
- Supply Chain Technology Strategies
- Transport Infrastructure Investment Planning
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project descriptions
| Global Supply Chain Strategy
Supply chain management should yield far more than cost reduction. It should result in delighted customers, marketing flexibility, and enhanced innovation and speed of doing business across multiple processes. While traditional operations improvement has focused on how to reduce cost without sacrificing service – reducing inventory without sacrificing service levels, reducing fixed cost by planning and scheduling work better without creating backlogs or bottlenecks, and lowering transportation cost through win-lose negotiations with carriers and 3PLs – supply chain leaders have linked their business strategy to supply chain management with dramatic results. Companies seeking to develop an integral supply chain strategy turn to Boston Strategies International.
To read more about global supply chain strategy, please visit the supply chain strategy section of the Boston Strategies International Library.
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| Market Access Strategies
Growth means entering new markets, but the fact that they are new means that there are “unknowns.” New market segments, new geographies, and new business concepts all require clarification, development, piloting, testing, and launch. Often this must take place in "real world" conditions involving language and cultural barriers, ambiguous data, and risk. When companies want to succeed in building global supply chains despite the risks, they turn to Boston Strategies International for market access support.
To read more about market access strategies, please visit the industry research section of the Boston Strategies International Library.
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| Risk Mitigation Strategies
Supply chain risk has become a priority in today's age of terrorism and geopolitical turbulence. All companies need to develop the capability to identify potential material unavailability, price increases, and regulatory complications before they occur. The price of downtime, delays, material cost, brand name defamation, and even litigation is simply too high. A key component for achieving this capability is to implementing a process that includes advanced risk measurement methodologies. Companies turn to Boston Strategies International for the logic and risk management modeling that underpin these early warning systems.
To read more about risk mitigation strategies, please visit the cost and pricing analysis section of the Boston Strategies International Library.
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| In-House Workshops & Seminars |
The Basics
How to Apply the 4 Leverage Strategies
How to Benchmark Your Sourcing Performance
How to Leverage Your Company’s Scale
Financial and Quantitative Skills
How to Analyze Supplier Costs
How to Qualify Potential Strategic Suppliers
How to Determine Supplier Splits, Terms, and Volume Commitments
Risk Management Strategies & Techniques
How to Create a High-Performing Portfolio of Suppliers
How to Make the Most of Single and Sole Source Situations
How to Hedge Against Price, Currency and Country Risk
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