Global Supply Chain Orchestration across multiple business units

Redefining and standardizing the supply chain operations across 16+ manufacturing locations across continents to ensure optimized business processes, for consistent and effective enterprise supply chain management

Case Summary

A global manufacturer partnered with SLK to harmonize supply chain operations across 16+ locations. By standardizing practices, configuring Oracle solutions, and integrating custom applications, SLK eliminated inefficiencies and improved collaboration. This resulted in optimized planning, reduced costs, and 100% automation of inter-company orders.

The Challenge

  • Heterogeneous IT application landscape with multiple ERPs and custom applications due to acquisitions.
  • Inconsistent practices across locations led to inefficiencies and collaboration challenges.
  • Ineffective enterprise planning and high costs hindered supply chain performance.

The Solution

  • Conducted consulting engagements with various business units and locations to analyze current practices, processes, and standards.
  • Harmonized practices for enhanced efficiency, effectiveness, and replicability by creating standard solution sets.
  • Facilitated adoption and optimal implementation of standardized solutions across locations.
  • Executed pilot implementations followed by rollouts in multiple global locations to standardize sales, manufacturing, and service operations.
  • Enabled global orchestration of the supply chain by leveraging capacity across multiple sites.
  • Configured Oracle solutions and integrated them with site specific bolt-ons across business units and geographic locations.

Business Impact

25%

Improvement in Customer “Promise Date Service Levels” across
multiple sites.

100%

Automation of inter-company orders & pricing between sites to support rapid fulfilment

Eliminated risks from site-specific tribal knowledge.