5 best practices to improve supply chain planning for Manufacturing

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Manufacturers need to not only complete orders on time, but also meet ambitious financial goals, optimise productivity levels and do it all in an environment-friendly and sustainable way. And that’s before we mention congested ports, parts and supply shortages, rampant inflation, or natural disasters.

This fast-paced, fragmented, consumer-centric world that we live in today requires a different sort of supply chain. And the new priorities of resilience, agility and sustainability cannot be tacked onto existing supply chain set ups.

Our latest supply chain best practice whitepaper explores:

  • The three additional priorities for supply chain leaders

  • Optimising the S&OP process
  • Using scenario planning to anticipate potential disruptions
  • Supply chain and its role within ESG
  • Modernising supply chain reporting tools

Leaders should carefully review the supply chain KPIs to ensure that supply chain design and execution balances both efficiency and resilience.

Utilise advanced analytics tools to calculate scenarios and their impact on the business in real-time.

If leaders can reduce the margin of error, they can optimise supply efficacy as well as revenue.

Top performing
organisations are adopting automated processes that enable faster innovation and execution.

Just provide us with a couple of details, and you can download our Guide: 5 best practices to improve supply chain planning for Manufacturing. Future proofing for resilience, agility, and sustainability

Our team currently spend 60% of their time planning in spreadsheets, utilising Anaplan for demand, supply, material and production planning will enable us to save a huge amount of time and allow for analysis of the data and more accurate planning

 

Daniel Plimmer, Supply Chain Director, Huel

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