A smoothly running supply chain provides support to a company in meeting customer demands and maximising profits.
To gain skills in managing supply chain, consider participating in Supply Chain Management Training Course in Dunedin, Auckland, Tauranga and other cities in New Zealand.
Review for Legal Compliance
A supply chain must be reviewed to ensure that the company is compliant with every law. To avoid unpleasant interruptions in your supply chain, ensure that every regulation unique to your industry regarding goods, employees, transportation, taxes, etc. is met. If you change suppliers, make sure that they meet every regulation under the law.
Prevent Disruptions
Identify and engage with your suppliers to root out of the possibility of disruptions in the supply chain. If you experience delay or problems in the supply, make sure that you reach the root cause of the problem and correct it so that the disturbance does not occur in future.
Prepare for Fluctuations in Supply
The supply chain may not always be consistent. Due to the change in the market or the internal issues of suppliers, the supply can fluctuate. Keep a backup plan to keep the supply consistent in spite of fluctuations by one or more suppliers.
Be Aware of How your Suppliers Do their Business
It is important to know the method of operation your suppliers use to supply goods and services to you. The knowledge will help you to quickly identify and resolve issues before they can cause damage. You will need to keep updating your knowledge about how your suppliers are doing their business to foresee problems and create effective backup plans.
Quality Control Checks
To ensure that you meet your quality requirements, conduct rigorous quality control checks. Your suppliers must know your expectations regarding the quality you want so it is maintained by them. Variation in quality leads to wastage of resources and time in conducting extensive quality control checks, and may affect customer satisfaction. If there are consistent fluctuations in quality, do not fall upon the backup plan; consider changing the supplier.
Keep it Simple
Instead of using the services of various suppliers, it is best to use as few suppliers as possible. That helps to track, control and manage the suppliers better. Fewer suppliers also means less possibility of errors.
Review Your Supply Chain Management Strategy
Customer demands change; market forces change; suppliers and quality change. In a such a dynamic environment, it is essential to keep reviewing and updating your supply chain management strategy. Review your strategy to simplify, adjust, and improve it. Consider all important factors that affect your supply chain, including costs, customer demand, resources, capacities, etc. It will help in maximising profits, reducing disruptions, and overcoming variations.
Plan and Update Costs
Many companies include their marketing costs in their supply chain planning. It helps them to prevent spending on marketing campaigns that may not bring expected dividends. A targeted marketing plan can be created to provide optimum value to targeted customers while maximising profit. It also helps to channelise internal distribution of resources. Effective planning helps companies to save costs, increase profit, and provide the best value to customers.
Pdtraining delivers 1000’s of professional development courses each year in Wellington, Auckland, Napier, Christchurch, Hamilton, Dunedin and Tauranga, so you can be assured your training will be delivered by a qualified and experienced trainer.
All public Supply Chain Management Training courses include am/pm tea, lunch, printed courseware and a certificate of completion. Customised courses are available upon request so please contact pdtraining on 1300 121 400 to learn more.