International Dairy Manufacturer

Project Description: Client is a leading supplier of Milk protein and Cream for the world’s food, beverage and nutraceutical industries. Client was planning to grow significantly over the next 3-5 years, which required to expand production capacity, product lines, and customer base. In its effort to maintain high levels of customer care, specialization and responsiveness, client wanted to re-design and implement new processes, systems and an adapted people’s organization to identify how best to manage the anticipated future growth

Project-Picture-Dairy

Project Approach

Developed a four stage approach to define end to end future state


Supply Chain Performance Metrics

  • Understand current state in terms of processes, systems, people as well as current challenges
  • Conduct gap assessment based on leading practices to support future state vision and opportunities prioritization

Define E2E Vision & Key Capabilities

  • Develop E2E future state vision (level 1 process, systems, organization)
  • Define key capabilities to close the gaps between the current and future state

Develop Solution for "Forecast to Production" & "Order To Delivery"

  • Develop detailed business processes and business requirements
  • Review technology vendors shortlist
  • Identify initiatives to close the gaps (short term quick wins / longer term initiatives)

Develop Roadmap & Kick-off Implementation

  • Develop project charters including high level cost/benefit analysis
  • Develop implementation roadmap
  • Develop project plan & quote for select initiatives
  • Kick-off implementation for “Forecast to Production” and “Order to Delivery” (2 weeks)

Delivered Value


 

  • Identified future challenges of growth and key priorities; Identified improvement projects to close the gap between current state and future state vision with an estimated growth from $500MM to $1B in sales volume

  • Developed detailed (level 3) future state processes

  • Reviewed current ERP system capabilities and provided potential vendors short list for Best of Breed and ERP system with capabilities to match future needs

  • Developed improvement project charters along with high level cost/benefit analysis, budget estimates, timeline and effort required; Prioritized projects and developed roadmap for implementation, with deployed waves organized by priority and dependency