Develop adaptable supply chains and adapt flexibly to the market

Your challenges:

• In the target system for your supply chain, resilience and sustainability play a role alongside costs.
• You have to find the optimal positioning between an efficient and a responsive alignment of your supply chain.

UNITY solution approach:

• Supply chain segmentation: Develop the target picture for the end-to-end value network through the appropriate segmentation for products, customers, markets and lead times.
• Derive use cases and recommendations for action for processes, IT and organization
• Develop a roadmap for implementation to support the business model

Your challenges:

• Operational risks and disruptions are threatening several areas of your supply chain and thus the entire value creation.
• Possible future scenarios materializing in SCM will jeopardize your company's ability to do business.

UNITY solution approach

• Future scenarios: Develop future scenarios and corresponding measures by analyzing trends.
• Early warning system: Using sound data tools, discover dangers and potentials before they occur.
• Recommendations for action: We derive concrete recommendations for action for the entire E2E supply chain.

Your challenges:

• How can your company provide a valid answer to a complex question related to location?
• Which target groups and markets should be served?

UNITY solution approach

• Analysis: Multidimensional mapping of the complexity of a site selection (e.g. geographic location, infrastructure, legal framework, personnel, costs, risks)
• Assessment: Evaluate the sites, taking into account the corporate strategy as well as quantitative and qualitative criteria.
• Decision: Validate the supply chain and costs as well as recommendation for action as part of the decision-making process

Your challenges:

• Intransparent, cross-plant production system
• Many redundancies in production and organization
• High logistics costs in the value network

UNITY solution approach

• Evaluate the production network / uncover potential for reducing costs in organization, production and logistics
• Analyze possible site scenarios within your production network using standardized evaluation criteria
• Analyze cross-site production programs and identify cost potentials
• Evaluate your current make or buy structure, analyze your supplier portfolio and derive measures

Your challenges:

• Lack of a synchronized planning process between sales, production and finances
• Loss of efficiency in operational processing

UNITY solution approach:

• Maturity analysis to assess the need for action
• Integrated and end-to-end planning by defining processes, organization and IT
• E2E consulting from concept to implementation: transformation of the planning chain including system support and rollout

Your challenges:

• High expenses for inbound, intercompany and outbound transportation
• Low utilization of the vehicle fleet
• Need for measures to increase sustainability

UNITY solution approach 

• Requirements analysis: Type and quantity of goods to be transported, delivery dates, delivery locations, transport modes and special requirements 
• Data procurement: Holistic view of transport planning data -- from purchasing to sales including material data 
• Route & capacity planning: Select optimal transport routes and assign means of transportation for the planned routes 
• Implement and monitor transport planning

Your challenges:

• Complex supply chains with many players, different transportation modes and international deliveries
• Limited resources such as lack of transportation fleets, storage capacity or expertise

UNITY solution approach:

• Needs analysis: define your specific needs, such as types of transportation, volume, geographic reach
• Identify suppliers and request quotations from potential service providers
• Evaluate based on defined criteria and make a decision
• Develop a guideline for contract negotiation

Your challenges:

• Delivery interruptions, poor product quality and price increases
• Poor adherence to delivery deadlines, poor customer service and low flexibility

UNITY solution approach:

• Develop a targeted supplier management playbook to harmonize supplier management processes and activities.
• Identify and develop strategic partnerships through supplier segmentation and evaluation
• Conduct supplier audits and define development measures for long-term improvement of performance and quality