What are the 3 biggest challenges faced by supply chain/purchasing professionals today? (Survey Result 16)

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Tony, Director of Quality, Cleveland, U.S.

1) Solid S&OP process (C-level driven) to drive right behaviors for forecasting, stock replenishment and inventory management.

2) Lack of vendor management programs - these programs are key in markets where quality products are needed with consistent vendor performance to deter excess inventory builds & scrap/return costs.

3) Professional training & development programs based on industry standards. Supply chain management should be based on standard process and data driven decision making rather than intuition/gut feel. This can only be achieved through company sponsored continuous education.

Naveen, Entrepreneur IT Services, Bangalore, India

1. Not driven by process.

2. Delayed involvement of Procurement.

3. Supplier mis-managment

Others,
Inventory / Asset Management
Warehousing

Koen, Business Opportunity Analyst, Gent, Belgium

Negociating "Price" and "Terms & Conditions" is only a start. The real challenges are :

1) commitment to deliver good products on time
(Too often people only focus on excuses and penalties instead of getting the production chain up and running)

2) transparancy of risks (e.g. for missing delivery target or cause for quality defects)

3) responsiveness and flexibility --> = partnership !!

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