Global Sourcing initiatives provide excellent
return on investment. The particular scope of effort varies from
project to project and can include but may not be limited to
the following:
Spend Analysis and Supplier/Part Rationalization Initiative
Provides very excellent short-term results but without process
and systems in place driving the organization to ongoing rationalization
and vendor analysis/management, the increase in buying power
typically associated with this type initiative will be short
lived.
- Identification of Commodities
- Analysis of Spend by Commodity
and Vendor
- Rationalization of Parts & Materials
by Engineering Community
- Re-negotiation of Contracts
Establishing a Global Sourcing Environment
Creation of a Global Sourcing environment is
typically conducted to establish a logical gated lifecycle
process for managing the
sourcing function, and maintaining an ongoing rationalization
of vendors, parts, and materials.
Implementation of a Stage
Gate process including:
- Establishing a Strategic Sourcing Initiative Stage
- Commodity
Classification Stage
- Requirements Definition Stage
- Global Supplier Search Stage
- Supplier Evaluation Stage
- Supplier Approval Stage
- Validation / Implementation Stage
- Supplier Relationship
Management / Long-term Control Stage
Automation of the Stage Gate Process including:
- Workflows
- Forms & Templates
- Vendor Performance Analysis
- Corrective Action Request & Management
System
- Integration of ERP based Preferred Vendor List and
the PDM Part Search Engine
- Etc.
DSA can assist you to articulate your spend management vision
and align the initiatives and resources critical for implementation
of a successful Sourcing Environment. DSA process and systems
analysts can assist you to define process and implement applications
to better enable yours supplier discovery, evaluation, and relationship
management work for deeper, more sustainable spend reductions.
With our assistance, businesses can gain broad supplier adoption
and trade with a global pre-enabled supplier community, achieve
full process integration quickly and efficiently, and systematically
develop strategies and performance indicators for profitable
supplier relationships.
