Tecma’s SCM services encompass the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics management activities. It includes coordination and collaboration with our channel partners, suppliers, intermediaries, third-party service providers, and our customers, integrating supply and demand management within and across companies.

As organizations strive to focus on core competencies and on becoming more flexible, they have reduced their ownership of raw materials sources and distribution channels. Many of these functions are increasingly being outsourced to companies, like Tecma, that perform the activities better or more cost effectively. The purpose of supply chain management is to improve trust and collaboration among supply chain partners, thus improving inventory visibility and improving inventory velocity.

Strategies

• Strategic network optimization, including the number, location, and size of warehouses, distribution centers and facilities.
• Strategic partnership with suppliers, distributors, and customers, creating communication channels for critical information and operational improvements such as cross docking, direct shipping, and third-party logistics.
• Product design coordination, so that new and existing products can be optimally integrated into the supply chain load management
• Information technology infrastructure, to support supply chain operations.
• Aligning overall organizational strategy with supply strategy.

Tactical Solutions

• Sourcing contracts and other purchasing decisions.
• Production decisions, including contracting, locations, scheduling, and planning process definition.
• Inventory decisions, including quantity, location, and quality of inventory.
• Transportation strategy, including frequency, routes, and contracting.
• Benchmarking of all operations against competitors and implementation of best practices throughout the enterprise.
• Milestone payments
• Focus on customer demand.

Operations

• Daily production and distribution planning, including all nodes in the supply chain.
• Production scheduling for each manufacturing facility in the supply chain (minute by minute).
• Demand planning and forecasting, coordinating the demand forecast of all customers and sharing the forecast with all suppliers.
• Sourcing planning, including current inventory and forecast demand, in collaboration with all suppliers.
• Inbound operations, including transportation from suppliers and receiving inventory.
• Production operations, including the consumption of materials and flow of finished goods.
• Outbound operations, including all fulfillment activities and transportation to customers.
• Order promising, accounting for all constraints in the supply chain, including all suppliers, manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, and other customers.

See also:

• Shelter Services
• Site Selection Services
• Logistics Management
• Joint Ventures
• Full Turnkey Manufacturing