“Providing robust supply chain solutions that address reliability, scalability and flexibility”

Transforming your supply chain into a competitive edge

An integrated view of production and logistics

Supply chains, more than ever, find themselves in ever evolving environments. The design of the physical network, developed on the needs of yesterday, is often plagued with high costs, complexity, and low flexibility to meet the needs of today and tomorrow. Our engagements holistically address several questions- ranging from the number of nodes required to the proper inventory deployment strategy. 

Our supply chain experts undertake supply chain design assignments which include strategy refinement in association with process design & optimization; network design and optimization; sales and operational planning and supply chain policies and norms. Most organizations witness organic growth which leads to setting up supply chain nodes based on growing supplier or customer bases. Such a supply chain network does not necessarily work in favour of the organization, but it certainly brings in a lot of inefficiencies, misplaced inventories, and higher costs. Stellium’s data-driven approach helps model real-life constraints in supply chain design to arrive at practical solutions that yield results.

A network for the future

Utilizing innovative strategies and refined inhouse tools (Lighthouse), Stellium Consulting is producing some of the most innovative supply chains across industries. Whether we are analysing where to allocate production, or determining the proper structure of a distribution network, it is vital to ensure that the network will be flexible and robust to evolve with the business. Our approaches ensure the solution developed is practical rather than just theory.

Potential Benefits:

• Lower supply chain costs
• Reduction in complexity
• Improved service and speed to customer
• Elimination of excess or insufficient production capacity
• Optimum allocation of production and distribution functions in the network

“Lowering inventory while ensuring adherence to customer service levels”

Managing inventory levels is a challenging issue across every industry. Lowering inventories while improving supply capabilities often seems like an impossible task. Defining inventory goals, identifying target values for safety stock levels, and material planning parameters are all necessary considerations to achieve optimization. From there, the inventory management processes and their operational implementation, including inventory controlling, must also be addressed.

A possible task

Stellium Consulting begins inventory optimization projects with an analysis of potentials, during which we analyze your data, derive measures from it, and quantify potential gains. We implement these results in collaboration with you and demonstrate implementation options using a part of your product range which seems especially promising. For this purpose, we very effectively use our robust inhouse built inventory planning solution Lighthouse. We complete all organizational, systematic, and technical changes during the project.

Potential Benefits:

• Higher cash flow with lower inventory costs
• Increased inventory availability and supply capability
• Optimal organizational structure for material planning
• Appropriate inventory strategy differentiated according to product category
• Transparent overview of inventories and their trends

“Aligning processes and technology with your needs”

Companies often find themselves confronted with the simultaneous goals of stronger customer focus, higher level of service, and improved transparency within the supply chain. Partnering with a process-oriented organization to understand the requirements of custom IT systems can help achieve success. Stellium Consulting considers your and your customer’s needs using our best practice experience and assets to analyze, assess, and develop ideal strategic processes. Then we facilitate the enablers, such as process transformation, as well as the selection and implementation of an IT solution.

A long term stability

We select quality IT systems using field-tested methods and innovative approaches like prototyping. We work collaboratively with you from requirements analysis through market inquiries, creation of specifications sheets and tender process, all the way to the go-live date. Our change management experts mobilize employees for the new process organization as we help adjust the operational structure, stabilizing new processes for the long term. 

Potential Benefits:

• Agile organization geared towards processes
• Integrated, standardized, efficient processes
• Goal-oriented IT functions to achieve process goals
• Purchasing IT at fixed prices to ensure stable budgets
• Transparency across the entire supply chain

“High level views for a sustainable development”

More than ever, companies are seeing internal and external challenges encroach upon their supply chains. As their business strategy evolves and customers change their requirements, companies need to ensure that the end-to-end supply chain is correctly balancing the metrics of cost and service. Having a holistic assessment of the entire supply chain, or certain aspects of it, can be a first step into launching a series of initiatives to develop your company. At times, it is best to step back, differentiate the quick wins from the long-term initiatives, and then develop a road map forward.

Roadmap and sequence

Due to interconnected business processes, IT systems, organizations, and infrastructure, Stellium Consulting advises you where it is best to begin transforming the supply chain. Being the supply chain specialists, you can be assured that the priorities we identify are based on our experience and implementation expertise.  This intensive engagement, strategic planning and implementation enable the firm’s successful transformation.

Potential Benefits:

• Efficient processes based on your specific requirements
• Shown maturity profile to identify strengths and weaknesses
• Clear mapping of potential improvements on an effort and return matrix
• Comprehensive transformational road-map, including the use of sequencing

Access real-time data related to the order process, inventory, delivery, and potential supply chain disruptions. Real-time intelligence and actionable recommendations provided by embedded AI capabilities have already helped our clients reduce disruption mitigation time from days to hours. New, data-driven insights can uncover opportunities to increase efficiencies and reduce costs right from the shop floor!

SAP Analytics Cloud
Maximize holistic analytics from shop floor to top floor through real-time monitoring, pre-delivered manufacturing KPIs and cross- plant performance comparisons.

Data has become a critical asset that can make or break a company’s success. With SAP Analytics Cloud, businesses have the tools they need to harness the power of their data and turn it into a competitive advantage.

With its cloud-based design, cutting-edge analytics features, and an intuitive user interface, SAC empowers organizations of all sizes to easily access, analyze, and collaborate on their data.

“An immediate alternative to spreadsheet (Excel based) planning”

As supply chain complexity is increasing, it is vital to have immaculate, robust & integrated planning processes. A big majority of businesses today use spreadsheets for their Supply Chain Planning

The reason

• Availability of qualified personnel to undertake complex supply chain planning tasks
• Inability to make a cash outlay for capital expense for adoption of a good planning IT solution

The result

• Low Customer Service Levels

High Stock Levels

“Strengthen flexibility and ability to change”

Whether you’re upgrading your technology or IT, constructing additional storage or manufacturing facilities, optimizing your processes or even re-engineering your supply chain, Change Management is crucial to navigate through the process with minimal disruption to your day-in-a-life operation. Any physical transformation goes hand in hand with a modification of operational processes and operational strategies. This in return requires alterations to the organizational structure and brings along new duties and responsibilities for your staff.

Focus on the people

The quality of a system depends on the people who work and live it. Therefore, Stellium Consulting actively participates and integrates the staff as they are the key for a successful change in culture, leading to continuous evolution. Every change management project objective empowers the staff to understand and accept the need for change. Involvement and motivation fosters active support to achieve your new organizational structure or processes.

Potential Benefits:

• Analyzed risks for implementation of the changes
• Identifying bottlenecks and pitfalls, and suggesting solutions
• Motivated people who are excited to support the change
• Coaching, training, and support before and during implementation phase

Stable operations and continuing evolution