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Supply Chain Systems Assessment
Defining future supply chain systems and application architecture needed to support current and emerging business strategies
The Client
A $2+ billion wholesaler and retailer of children's apparel and accessories.
The Challenge
- Define the future supply chain systems and application architecture needed to support current and emerging business strategies, such as:
• A rapidly expanding retail arm of a historically wholesale dominated business
• A nascent e-commerce channel with outsourced 3PL fulfillment but potential to bring in-house
• An extensive base of domestic licensees
• A budding international business with opportunity for growth through partnerships, franchisees, etc.
• A broadly diversified supplier base with expanding needs for collaboration
• An increasingly complex global distribution network (DCs and 3PLs)
- Identify systems that can not only manage these increasingly complex requirements but also optimize the supply chain for cost effective fulfillment.
- Provide direction on the sequencing of initiatives required to address current systems shortcomings.
The Parker Avery Solution
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The Parker Avery Group assessed the client's supply chain systems utilized for Planning, Product Development, Sourcing, Order Management, Logistics and Distribution. Key activities included the following:
- Benchmarking and evaluation of systems & processes
- Identification of systems landscape options
- Validation of potential solution providers
- Business case for acquisition of new systems
- Definition of a prioritized roadmap and action plan
The Result
The client exited the project with a clear vision of how to rationalize their existing systems portfolio and develop a more integrated application architecture. They immediately began to execute against the roadmap, selecting and implementing new systems to provide improved functionality and streamlined processes while simultaneously reducing maintenance requirements.
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