What are the best practices for managing your supply chain during expansion?

Correct planning will allow us to face Supply Chain challenges, whether due to changes throughout it or changes in demand. In this sense, planning is the central element to face future challenges.

Beyond these fundamentals, achieving a balance between agility and robustness is crucial. An agile supply chain adapts quickly to demand/supply changes, while robustness ensures stability. Collaboration with value chain actors enhances overall capabilities, fostering innovation, shared risk, and improved responsiveness. Focus on the entire ecosystem, leveraging partners’ strengths for a resilient, adaptable, and efficient supply chain.

A eficiência da cadeia de suprimentos durante a expans?o envolvem práticas para garantir um crescimento sustentável, estabelecendo objetivos realistas com auxilio da tecnologia. Escolher fornecedores e prestadores corretos, com base em qualidades, condi??es de pagamento, prazos, qualidade e custos.

La cadena de suministros al ser transversal en todos los procesos de la empresa, debe tener una total integración con la estrategia corporativa, ya que esto incluso puede ayudarnos a sacar ventajas competitivas. Muchas veces se intenta ejecutar una nueva estrategia en una cadena de suministros que se dise?o para otra operación y es cuando empiezan los reprocesos o ineficiencias generales.

Technological intervention has become key part most prominently in post covid scenario. Best way to deal with such type of cases is to keep intact ERP in line with organization priorities. Integration of ERP will help to a certain extent while digitalisation will fool proof manual interventions and growing complexities. Also this will help in bringing internal stakeholders as well as external to one common platform and clarity.

Leveraging information technology is a powerful strategy for optimizing supply chain management. By integrating ERP systems, implementing supply chain analytics, enhancing supply chain visibility, and promoting collaboration, organizations can achieve greater efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.

En el momento que adoptamos un ERP en nuestra cadena de suministro, permitimos que nuestros equipos de trabajo sean capaces de administrar mejor sus actividades operacionales y no enfoquen tiempo a información que proporcionan nuestros sistemas de manera automática. Usar la tecnología permite a nuestros equipos trabajar en la optimización de los procesos dentro de la cadena de suministro.

Na era digital, a tecnologia desempenha um papel fundamental em todas as facetas dos negócios, e a logística n?o é exce??o. A integra??o de solu??es tecnológicas n?o apenas aprimora a eficiência operacional, mas também abre novas oportunidades para inova??o e crescimento.

In today's world technology is everywhere and there are multiple options available to handle the activities. Along with ERP one should also implement MES at supplier end and review its data to synchronise the planned strategy with supplier efforts and achievements.

Supplier relation management is an ongoing process that’s valuable for some businesses and vital for others especially those trying to maintain a competitive edge. Good SRM requires analysis of thoughtfully collected quantitative data, as well as more qualitative vendor relationship building skills. SRM can help businesses get better prices, more reliable deliveries and more useful and innovative products to suit their needs. While some SRM best practices take a lot of work, others are simple and intuitive, such as being nice to your suppliers, communicating clearly, understanding their needs and paying them on time. In other words, SRM involves thinking about what you prefer from your own customers and delivering the same to your client.

Em um mercado dinamico e interligado, a parceria com nossos fornecedores é mais importante do que nunca. A tecnologia n?o apenas facilita nossa comunica??o, mas também fortalece nossos la?os, impulsionando eficiência e inova??o em toda a cadeia de suprimentos. Plataformas colaborativas, integra??o de dados e oportunidades de cocria??o nos capacitam a crescer juntos, garantindo entregas pontuais e excelência operacional.

Debemos entender que un proceso de expansión requiere ajustes dentro de nuestros sistemas, tener un inventario óptimo debe ser algo imperativo en nuestra cadena de suministro, pero no debemos ser inflexibles con incrementar de manera adecuada nuestras existencias con objetivo de no exponer a nuestros clientes a ninguna afectación que sea causada por cualquier factor externo.

Inventory optimization is the process of maintaining the right amount of inventory required to meet demand, keep logistics costs low, and avoid common inventory issues such as stockouts, overstocking, and backorders.

Expansion is a good time to rethink Inventory planning and stock levels. We can renegotiate the supply schedules of suppliers during this phase.

Foster excellent relationships and communications with your suppliers/purchasers and give them advance notice of your seasonal needs/offerings and potential new orders coming up prior to committing. Furthermore, negotiate payment terms and follow through on-time or early every time, and do the same and expect the same from your own customers. In order to achieve this, you must have access to liquid capital via cash or RLOCs with loan officers who will work to advance the funds you need in a timely manner. Purchase appreciating inventory in bulk, and be patient to fill your depreciating inventory. Finally, weigh the possibilities of using your own transportation or outsourced transportation of outgoing inventory. Balance is key.

Otimizar o estoque é fundamental para o sucesso da logística. Com solu??es tecnológicas avan?adas, como análise preditiva e automa??o, garantimos que nossos produtos estejam sempre disponíveis, reduzindo custos e aumentando a satisfa??o do cliente. Estoque sempre no ponto certo, minimizando excessos e faltas, é a chave para uma logística eficiente e um negócio fortalecido.

Supply chain sustainability refers to companies’ efforts to consider the environmental and human impact of their products’ journey through the supply chain, from raw materials sourcing to production, storage, delivery and every transportation link in between. The goal is to minimize environmental harm from factors like energy usage, water consumption and waste production while having a positive impact on the people and communities in and around their operations. These concerns are in addition to traditional corporate supply chain concerns around revenue and profit.

Para garantir a sustentabilidade na logística, é essencial otimizar rotas, usar veículos sustentáveis, consolidar cargas, adotar energias renováveis, utilizar embalagens sustentáveis, gerenciar estoques de forma eficiente, colaborar na cadeia de suprimentos, promover treinamento e conscientiza??o, monitorar e relatar desempenho ambiental, e investir em inova??o tecnológica. Essas práticas reduzem o impacto ambiental, melhoram a eficiência operacional e fortalecem a reputa??o da empresa.

Here are some key strategies to ensure continuous improvement in supply chain management: Set Clear Objectives and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Establish clear and measurable objectives for your supply chain operations. Identify specific KPIs that align with these objectives and track them regularly.

Durante processos de expans?o ou de qualquer nova iniciativa s?o boas práticas: - Identificar e mapear os processos - Estabelecer o indicador chave afim de acompanhar a performance - Usar ciclo PDCA (ou ferramenta similar) para revisar o plano de a??o afim otimizar continuamente os processos.

Scalability in the supply chain is today's critical need to be more agile and building more resilience into the system to effectively respond dynamics in the internal and external environment. At this point of time, leveraging a digital technology platform with real-time data and information flow across end to end supply chain, right from the supplier to consumer is a crucial thread to strengthen the complete Value chain. Supply chain with such advanced flow of structured data in the organisation always helps to bring competitive advantage in terms of better, efficient and timely actions for improvements.