The Case for Collaborative Planning with Suppliers and Customers
Higher service, lower inventory, shorter lead times, increased flexibility, increased production productivity, and more focus on the customer’s customer; these benefits are real for those companies who take an aggressive and strategic view toward not just implementing collaborative processes but making it part of the way they interact with all trading partners.
Approach
For those of you who are at a point where you need to build collaborative processes from scratch; assess and improve your current collaborative process; or take your current process maturity to the next level, SCE provides coaching configured to the level of support you need.
The Supply Chain Excellence approach utilizes a train / apply / review technique integrating formal instruction, guided practice, and independent “homework” assignments. The project work follows the 13 step discipline as detailed in Chapter 11 of the book, leverages the Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment standard, and is summarized in these major phases:
Phase 0 Build Organizational Support
Phase 1 Define the Project Scope
Phase 2 Complete Detailed Process Design
Phase 3 Conduct Pilot Cycle 1
Phase 4 Conduct Pilot Cycle 2
Phase 5 Develop Implementation Plan and Roll Out Process
Typical Project Deliverables
Typical project deliverables are:
- Executive Briefing and Go / No Go Decision
- Project Charter and Pilot Scope
- Leading Practice Assessment
- Collaboration Policy
- Collaboration Process Flows
- Collaboration Spreadsheet including Point of Sale, Trading Partner Forecasts, Capacity, Inventory, and Promotional plans
- Pilot Plans
- Technology Requirements
- Collaboration Pilot Calendar
- Implementation and Roll Out Plan
Company Resource Commitment
Resources that should be provided are:
- Executive sponsor
- Steering team – champions of implementation
- Project leader
- Project team – process and content experts
Typical Project Schedule
Month 1
Build Organizational Support
Planning and Organizing
Month 2
Detailed Process Design
Months 3 and 4
Pilot Cycle 1
Pilot Cycle 2
Months 4 to 12
Implementation Planning and Process Roll Out
More Information
Each supply chain collaboration project is configured using a Statement of Work (SOW); if you are interested in more information about how this service may support your company, please contact Peter directly.