Supply chain operations are under more pressure than ever to deliver efficiencies that enable the business to meet financial and growth objectives.

Pressure areas include:

• Customer retention. Ensuring the most optimal operating performance requires a renewed focus on processes that are likely leading to performance misses and impairing customer satisfaction.
• Change in product/marketing/customer demand and/or service strategy. These changes can knock the current supply chain out of sync, leaving it unable respond appropriately within its current design.
• Global expansion. Companies expanding into global markets have to understand optimal operational launch methods, joint venture scenarios, contract manufacturing options and near- and mid-term cost competitiveness strategies.
• Increased supply chain risk/regulatory/tax complexity. Greater operational complexity and geographically dispersed supply chains result in increased risk and sensitivity to interruption. Non-market forces continually introduce new operating restrictions, requirements and costs into the current supply chain.

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