Achieving agile and responsive supply chains in the 21st century economy.
With the demand to achieve high performance through efficiency and value, today's government agencies look to supply chain professionals to respond faster and reduce capital expenditures while maintaining high levels of quality. Challenged by economic forces, changing technology and increasing competition, clients's are marshalling resources for bottom line savings.
Change is an understatement.
The question isn't whether value can be achieved through tactical logistics (TACLOG), but rather how to unlock the potential within reach. With global economic forces straining balance sheets, agencies are targeting time ceratinty and savings in Lean Manufacturing, Integrated Logistics and Whole Life Costing. So, how can (TACLOG) help innovate toward value and efficiency?
Do what you do best.
Outsourcing (TACLOG) can enable agencies to consolidate more of their procurement spend, gain more visibility and control, simplify the procurement process and source additional categories. As a result, (TACLOG) is able to deliver significant value and better service with time certainty. Opportunities for agencies include rapid response, lower costs, higher productivity, reduced delays and increased efficiency. Positioning (TACLOG) with the strategy and goals of the orginization, means not only improving cost performance but liberating resources to focus on other mission critical objectives.
Competitive market position.
As the world "shrinks and links" through communications, where will (TACLOG) be in helping agencies reduce costs and gain speed to market? Various agencies have attempted programs to capture savings from e-procurement solutions, buying consortiums or more rigorous project management programs, yet the inherent challenges of getting savings across the supply chain remain. Agency leadership are demanding their procurement officers get control, get focus, get resources… and then get results.
A huge source of opportunity, effective (TACLOG) means value and can define a competitive market position.
As industries becomes more competitive and complex with redundant suppliers with varied pricing for the same products and services, (TACLOG) initiatives identifies and manages new relationships with strategic suppliers to deliver emerging products and services - for example, how do you coordinate 15 key suppliers and 45 secondary suppliers for a new multi-use high rise, getting, say, U.S. Steel to deal with the latest 3M fabric membrane on a innovative 'X' truss design?
Smart procurement officers are moving on this opportunity to address costs overruns and systemic inefficiencies in their supply chain by centralizing, automating and coordinating the various purchasing and accounting functions involved.
By outsourcing (TACLOG), Cleints's take on a more strategic role by exploiting vastly better tools and capabilities, which previously were unavailable due to their cost or the skill sets required for development and maintenance. The right provider should bring key personnel with deep (TACLOG) expertise and the right relationships to leverage. The right provider is also supported by dedicated technology solutions that enhance (not hinder) the process.
BML can help.
We provide immediate access to specific materials and expertise across multiple categories, the ability to plug into leading-edge procurement technology to promote higher client satisfaction and the opportunity to exploit highly efficient supply chain solutions that lower costs, improve efficiency and enhance visibility and control. Our highly specialized (TACLOG) services provides the expertise to capture savings and time certainty often with 15 to 20 percent improvements.