You're facing delays in raw material delivery. How can you ensure seamless communication with suppliers?

Ensure seamless communications with bottom line people in vendor side, only they could provide exact insights on raw material delivery status and they would provide the difficulties involved in expediting the commodities, top end peoples like Manager and above would try to manage the situation rather giving the exact insight. Also you can participate with vendor in chasing the materials from where it got struck and it will improve relationship. This would help us in proactive thinking during next order along with forecasting and scheduling

I would want to contribute to forecasting on-hand. Weekly checkouts for the strategic raw materials and most consumed ones should be targeted first and analysed, procured to maintain a stable supply chain balance

A successful Supply Chain Manager (SCM) should possess strong planning skills coupled with a proactive approach. It is essential for them to collaborate closely with the Production team to obtain production schedules and quantities well in advance, while also maintaining optimal stock levels. In the event of shortages, the SCM should have contingency plans in place such as Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C. Plan A should involve proactive procurement strategies, issuing purchase orders on a call-off basis, and a thorough understanding of minimum delivery lead times.

What's the reason caused by raw material delay？ logistic or manufacture production or customer urgent pull in against lead time ？

In addition establishing SRM ( Supplier relationship Management ) with strategic suppliers taking care of their needs and requirements most important KPI is on time payment it is very helpful to integrate relationships with suppliers.

Absolutely，you can show you advice or hand to help supplier to solve the problem and solve our problem，understand the raw material manufacturing region.

Having a contingency plan comes up from a byproduct of maintaining SRM and Supply chain schedules. To stay up to dated with current market trends, it equally contributes you to know to have alternatives for the best competitive plans in terms of pricing, quality and service of product; and the honi ligation of material becomes adaptable.

You have to pass this information to top management since it's inevitable and what we should to do is mitigate risk and decrease the revenue impant ，meanwhile，we have to work out long term solution to see if possible to find the 2nd source or regular set up certain volume buffer stock

VMI management used for mostly company and supplier can see the comsumption and fill up hub，to determine the raw material and to make decision by themselves

It is simply SRM. Give feeling to the suppliers as a partner even they are part of team unless we can’t meet ultimate Customer needs and requirements like feelings. Time to time should give recognition to suppliers based on their performance.

Engaging in maintaining supplier relationship management is one of the most crucial and top tactics for procurement and sourcing activities. It helps you identify the risks, patterns, productions schedules and its changes at Sites; and all of these factors can be contributed to eliminate the possibility of having 0 stock levels. Moreover, it gives you information regarding market prices and trends, which helps in analysing and planning processes more better.

We have to understand this and have basic knowledge on it，it's will helpful and communication become quite easy ，keep in mind that great mind think alike and supplier and customers should have “great mind”