Planning
Business have to plan, whether for the efficient management of their supply chain activities or for an important project.
Success depends on developing sound, reliable plans where the key is:
- ensuring that the plan is "do-able" and does not overload resources;
- building in resilience to risk and uncertainty;
- timely identification and response to deviation.
MML has considerable success in helping companies plan for the future as well as in helping them improve the performance of their supply chain through more effective planning. In both of these areas we have enabled clients to achieve tangible and substantial benefits.
“MML taught us the absolute importance of planning to achieve an integrated result: delivery and manufacturing performance of above 90% in one busy season can't be bad.”
Mike Hodson, European Customer Supply Chain Director, Selkirk Europe
Planning for the Future
Major projects such as ERP or Business Re-engineering are unfamiliar territory for many companies. Our ability to combine theory and practice can ensure success, by providing:
- experience and expertise of these areas;
- integrated learning and coaching to transfer skills and build capability;
- a well proven approach and tool kit.
Planning in the Supply Chain
Good planning of supply-chain operations delivers stability and high levels of schedule achievement. At the same time it reduces cost, lead time and inventory and increases responsiveness. To achieve this requires:
- strategic decision making in the S&OP;
- a resilient Master Schedule that is within capacity and fully resourced;
- pull-based controls on detailed production and distribution schedules to minimise lead times and in-process inventory.
Case Studies
F G Wilson: Integrated Learning and Support
Selkirk: Building Capability and Ownership to Improve Profit
Lawson Mardon: Learning to Improve Performance