Supply Chain Planning Process & Systems Audit
SCOPE
The chain serves more than 120 million consumers a year. It needed to understand what was driving suboptimal inventory levels and growing headcount
SOLUTION
- Assessed the existing supply chain planning process and its maturity
- Conducted interviews and working sessions with process owners and analyzed inventory composition, turnover, and availability
- Tested more than 40 hypotheses about the causes of suboptimal inventory levels
- Developed a prioritized roadmap of 19 project initiatives with an 18-month delivery plan
OUTCOMES
Identified inventory optimization opportunities with the potential to reduce inventory by 25% within a year through the proposed initiatives