Company Procurement Guide Assessment & Roadmap
Customer Problem
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Many manufacturers struggle to meet aggressive supplier cost save or other SCM objectives, risking business plan, poor performance reviews, lost compensation, long hours to fix this
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Lack resources to create robust supply chain improvement roadmaps
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No recent benchmarking to quantify gaps and leverage best SCM practices from many industries
Our solution: 5 week Co. Procurement Guide Assessment/Roadmap
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Identifies & prioritizes opportunities and action plans to help your team accelerate procurement value across the company for production and indirect spend including logistics
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Provides significant cost savings, inventory reductions, supplier quality/delivery/relationship improvements, helping your team surpass performance objectives!
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Roadmap includes 10-12 high impact improved value and process improvement recommendations with clear savings/benefits, any resource requirements, timing
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DSGA offers to help your team implement any of the major roadmap actions for guaranteed savings
Our
Process
DSGA Principal Drew Sheffield:
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25+ years outstanding achievements and experience leading global procurement
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Buyer to Purchasing Director at Ford
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Global Purchasing Director at TI & ZF
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Board of Governors & Chair MEMA/OESA Chief Purchasing Officer's Council
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Member of Wayne State University's Supply Chain Management Advisory Board
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Recognized expert in corporate procurement, procurement expert witness
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Leading engagements for manufacturers across industries since 2020
leads all steps of this engagement.
We assess & benchmark your company procurement strategies and practices and work closely with your teams to develop a high impact actionable roadmap!
Scope covers production & indirect spend including logistics:
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Procurement Strategy & Organization Alignment
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Supplier Management
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Commodity/Category Strategies & Cost
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Employee Development
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Technology
Document Review
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Organization Charts
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Performance Objectives
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Procurement Procedures
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Spend Detail
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Commodity/Supplier Strategies
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Supplier Performance/Scorecards
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Major Supply Contracts
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Organization charts
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Company & Procurement Objectives
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Purchasing/Supplier Quality Procedures
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Spend Reports (by Division, Region, Commodity, Major Suppliers...)
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Commodity or Category Strategies
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Supplier Scorecards
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Supplier Contracts
1x1 Interviews
Company & Division:
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Purchasing VPs (& Logistics leads)
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PUR Commodity Team Leaders (if applicable)
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Supplier Quality leads
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Presidents or EVPs
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Finance leads
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Operations/Plant Managers
B-I-C Survey
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60Q Best-In-Class Survey
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~15 x-functional leaders at client
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Client & DSGA ratings correlated
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Benchmark vs other manufacturers
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Identifies weaker areas to prioritize for further reviews/recommendations
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Identifies strengths to leverage
Commodity Team Mtgs.
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Visit plant, review major production/ indirect/logistics spend & SCM insights
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Meetings with 2-3 of the top impact Commodity/Category Teams
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Review challenges/opportunities
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Work with teams to enhance insights & improve project recommendations
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Quantify opportunities, resources, key actions, timing
Executive Recommendations
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~10 Recommendations covering production/logistics/indirect spend
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High quantified savings with any resource requirements & timing
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DSGA offers to help client implement savings. Very high ROI!
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Outstanding SCM Value including:
TOTAL COST QUALITY/SERVICE DELIVERY/INVENTORY TECH.
Avoid negative consequences of missing your cost savings & other SCM objectives:
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poor performance reviews, lost compensation, slower career advancement
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stress and long hours to identify & execute new roadmap actions
