Supply chain and Procurement
Twenty-five years of benchmarking the productivity, performance, and processes of over 90 shipyards and 250 ship builds worldwide provides a bedrock of experience from which to review the procurement processes of shipyards, dockyards and manufacturing or construction companies. The procurement review provides expert, best practice and data-driven performance improvement initiatives to optimise purchasing, reduce costs, and manage supply-chain risks. Services offered include:
Benchmarking supply chain and procurement processes
Supply chain and materials provision performance analysis
Developing and optimising procurement strategies to align with business goals
Demand analysis and management
Supplier rationalisation
Category management
Material and inventory control
Enhancing supplier relationships and mitigating third-party risks
Developing and implementing AI-based, technology-driven process tools
Incorporating environmental, social, and governance factors into the supply chain
Specific projects relating to supply chain and procurement analysis include:
Competitiveness review of the superyacht marine equipment market, UK, 2002/03, including developing criteria and methodologies to assess the competitiveness of the sector
Design and implementation of innovative internet-based portal to improve the global market penetration of UK Marine equipment sector, UK, 1999/2002
Study of the competitiveness of the UK marine equipment industry for UK, 1998/2000
Development and implementation of networked shipyard ERP and material control system, UK shipyard, 1997/98
Project buyer and responsible for overseeing all outgoing purchase orders company-wide, UK shipyard, 1994/96