Supply Chain

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Managing suppliers and service providers is always tough.  The environment we operate in gets harder every day.  It’s volatile, uncertain, and increasingly more complex.

Supply chains continue to be disrupted months and months after the COVID lockdowns and BREXIT, the Ukraine war has wrought havoc on energy markets and key commodities, and the UK labour market is as difficult as it has ever been.

The challenge for business leaders and owners is to maintain competitiveness, while customers continue to demand greater value and higher service levels.

The impact is often reduced margins and profitability.  Product availability is increasingly challenging, lead times are longer and delivery promises less and less reliable.

All of this limits the scope for future investment and redirects resources that should be focussed on the future.

The solution is to build an ongoing process of comparison and challenge, benchmarking suppliers, negotiating improved terms, and challenging the status quo. 

Creating a database of supplier options enables terms to be optimised at the point that Purchase Orders need to be placed and Contracts issued.

Recognising the limitations of resources, Analogy will support you with a high-quality, focused procurement solution that is data-driven and highly commercial.

Our Cost Control service will benchmark key product and service lines and identify alternatives and opportunities for improvement.