Financial Services
Increase sales, mitigate risk, and improve performance. All three are drivers in the banking industry ...

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Public Sector Analytics - Manufacturing
Constant innovation and rapid change drive the manufacturing and technology industries.

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Industry Solutions - Pharmaceutical
Pharmaceutical companies face difficult business challenges today — not the least of which include increased ...

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Constant innovation and rapid change drive the manufacturing and technology industries. The challenge of managing a global supply chain, gaining insight to understand and act on customer requirements, and the pressing need to increase profitability in an ever-competitive market lead to the need for practical yet innovative solutions, allowing manufacturers to more intelligently and effectively compete.

 

Challenges Faced by Manufacturing & Technology Firms Today

Supply Chain Management

 

- Monitor key indicators—quality performance, delivery time, reliability & average lead time

- Identify strategic suppliers & negotiate better terms

- Reduce your cost of goods sold, gain a higher quality of materials, and increase supplier    reliability

- Improve demand forecasts

 

Time to Market

 

- Support rapid change & innovation

- Flexibility to react quickly to market demands

 

Profitability

 

- Identify over-budget departments

- Uncover opportunities to increase market share

- Optimize asset utilization

- Calculate cost/benefi t analysis surrounding make vs. buy decisions

 

Operational Effectiveness

 

- Spot production ineffi ciencies and variances that indicate problems

- Eliminate scheduling/demand changes that impact delivery to the customer

- Track downtime by reason code to identify root causes