Connected Supply Chain – Supply Chain Management Consulting

Track and trace activities in supply chain can provide your organisation with greater visibility and control over your operations helping to optimise supply chain performance, reduce risks and improve customer satisfaction. Our professionals can support you for example with following track and trace related capabilities:

• Near real-time track and trace including dynamic ETAs and proactive alerting  
• End-to-end traceability and chain of custody of products (incl. sustainability information) 
• End-to-end supply chain visibility (e.g., better overall visibility to inventory, capacity, and planning)

Cost-to-serve visibility down to transactional level refers to the ability of an organisation to track and analyse the cost associated with individual transaction in supply chain. This visibility allows your organisation to understand the true costs of serving for example one customer, product, or channel. Visibility to the costs can be provided on different levels and the analysis can also include CO2 emission impacts of the service model. We can support your organisation by analysing transaction level costs and identifying opportunities to reduce costs, improve profitability and optimise supply chain operations.

We can support your organisation by defining and implementing AI-enabled control tower solutions to provide visibility in one centralised platform, and collaboration capabilities to enable proactive efficient data driven decisions. With a smart and AI-enabled control tower we can ensure real-time visibility and control over the entire supply chain including inventory levels, supplier performance, transportations, logistics and possible supply chain disruptions. This visibility leads to supply chain efficiency, reduced costs and enhances customer satisfaction.

In today's rapidly changing and even unpredictable environment, it is critical to manage your supply chain in order to anticipate and reduce risks. This is especially emphasized in a global operating environment

We offer a range of customized risk assessment services designed to identify and mitigate risks associated with supplier performance, regulatory compliance, geopolitical instability, natural disasters, and cyber threats. With our cutting-edge technologies and advanced methodologies, we provide end-to-end visibility across your entire supply chain network.

Our real-time monitoring and predictive analytics capabilities enable us to identify potential risks before they materialize. We work closely with you to develop a tailored risk mitigation plan that aligns with your business objectives, ensures business continuity, and enhances supply chain visibility so that the investments made to prevent risks are in line with the harm caused by the possible realization of the risk.

Most corporate supply chains are simply not designed with the customer in mind. These outdated systems are often siloed and disconnected, and not built to take advantage of the deep intelligence that exists locked inside the enterprise. Consumers are increasingly moving to online models for everything from product research to customer service and support. Customers want real-time visibility of the status of purchases and demand more individualised products and services from companies. At the same time, technologies such as the internet of things, artificial intelligence and robotic process automation are giving companies the tools needed to provide unprecedented visibility into the supply chain – and meet customer needs. We can support your business stay competitive by unlocking the benefits of the latest technology to enhance visibility and control in the logistics network.

We can help your organisation to improve the cost-effectiveness of your logistics network while maintaining the desired service level for your customers. Our services can help in identifying and influencing for example the following aspects:

• Cost-to-serve values by package, channel, route type, and major activities 
• Key strategic implications resulting from new cost-to-serve understanding
• Set of market-specific minimum distribution cost guidelines
• Implications of SKU proliferation in cost-to-serve
• Most efficient means of distribution into different markets via different channels and routes
• Cost levers at different points in the supply chain

The inefficient and manual processes within a warehouse may reflect in the profit of the company as well as in the quality of the final product to the end customer. Warehouse process automation can help your organisation save costs while creating a positive customer experience. Our services include for example:

• A comprehensive assessment of product flow and touchpoints to identify “right-fit” automation solutions to address operations gaps 
• Warehouse design support to improve product flow and efficiency
• Hardware return on investment, selection, and implementation support
• Evaluation of mobile, hands-free technologies, and integration with the broader organisation
• Assessment and agnostic selection of technology systems (e.g., WMS)

An Inventory Assessment seeks to uncover operational and structural issues driving excess inventory. Our services include a comprehensive assessment of inventory policies, targets, inventory planning process, roles, and responsibilities, as well as evaluation of inventory management governance structure, metrics, and tools. 

As companies modify their supply chain footprint, they need to consider the relevant tax (including transfer pricing considerations for inter-company transactions), tariff, and national security regulations of the countries they operate in. Through modifying company’s supply chain footprint, including determining where companies are manufacturing goods, sourcing raw materials, and selecting vendors - we can minimise the tariff costs to your company while limiting your company’s risk of non-compliance with customs, sanctions, and export control regulations, both in Finland and globally.