Implementation of a S&OP/IBP process

  • Enjeu
  • Perform business control and orchestrate profitable growth
  • VB Conseil – MNC actions
  • Validation of CEO and Executive Committee sponsorship
  • Validation of S&OP/IBP objectives and dashboard
  • Audit of organisation in place
  • Training to the concept and to the 4 or 5 steps of S&OP / IBP process
  • Interviews all involved parties
  • Détermination of objectives / participants / inputs / outputs / key performance indicators of each step of the process
  • Support to the implementation of the first round and corrective actions if needed
  • Methodological Support for the following rounds
  • Evaluation
  • Results
  • Deep change in the ability and willing to work together to the success of business objectives

Mutualisation of flows for fresh food manufacturers

  • Stake
  • Secure clients deliveries of fresh food products channel
  • VB Conseil – MNC actions
  • Interview a representative panel of manufacturers per channel
  • Cartography of the flows and evaluation of the centre of gravity
  • SWOT of several options
  • Financial analysis
  • Recommendation
  • Results
  • The idea, initially held by the region, to build a multi-manufacturers warehouse has moved to the implementation of manufacturers flows mutualisation, at a much better cost

Implementation of a new planning and sypply process for promotional products

  • Stake
  • Define a more efficient and economical planning and supply process for promotional products
  • VB Conseil – MNC actions
  • Interviews of different actors in the Supply Chain, including external service providers
  • Analysis of the information structure, the exchange process and retroplanning in place
  • Evaluation of productiveness areas
  • Evaluation of time and financial savings
  • Recommendation in terms of competence transfer to a new role of planning manager
  • Results
  • The Client has implemented the proposed organisation and process, leading to efficient promotional operations

Study on waste management and reverse logistics

  • Stake
  • Manage more efficiently the ’reverse logistics’ of a retailer
  • VB Conseil – MNC actions
  • Collect data and analyse previous studies carried out internally on that topic
  • Visit a representative point of sales panel : analyse the reverse flows and process in place
  • Evaluation of organisational et financial impacts
  • Propose optimization paths, both in organisation and transport
  • Environnemental evaluation of different proposed options
  • Recommendation
  • Results
  • Implementation at regional scale of a multi-services platform, allowing the validation of operational feasability

Logistics network

  • Logistics network
  • Define the technical organisation, the process and human resources of a new central warehouse for a retailer

  • VB Conseil – MNC actions
Review of the market offer and development plans at 5-10 years

  • Analyse supply typology and picking process for clients
  • Evaluation of ’in and out’ flows : quantity of platform to build
  • Evaluation of surface and necessary volumes for the current and future activities

-*Write process per warehouse activity
-*Evaluation of the needs in human resources
-*Financial impacts / ROI and transition process

  • Results
  • Implementation of the central warehouse

Logistics and transport process for high value products

  • Stake
  • Define the best economical and operational options to store and distribute high value products
  • VB Conseil – MNC actions
  • Describe all possible distribution options (all transport modes)
  • Evaluation of storage and reception capacities of a representative point of sales panel
  • Security analysis
  • SWOT of the proposed alternatives
  • Financial evaluation of different options
  • Environmental review and recommendation
  • Results
  • Implementation of the proposed options
  • 10% savings