Achieving Lasting Results

To maximise the benefits of strategic supply chain design, companies have to revisit their analysis on a regular basis as conditions change. To make this easier, it is possible to retain previously used models in a repository for later re-use with updated data and assumptions.

Supply chain design can provide information about sensitivities/thresholds for key data, and this can help identify when certain assumptions about the supply chain are no longer valid. For example, if analysis of product sourcing costs has recommended production at a particular facility, it can also indicate the level of costs at which that recommendation would change to an alternative facility. This kind of information defines a "bandwidth" within which a particular supply chain design is expected to operate, acting like detailed signposts within a strategic plan.