SUPPLY CHAIN & OPERATIONS STRATEGY
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OVERVIEW
Operations. The backbone of business. And more and more, the brain, too. Allowing companies to flex rapidly. Respond to ever shorter market cycles. Address volatility. And drive top-line growth through supply chain strategies that deliver business advantage.
CAPABILITIES
Innovation and product development
We help clients transform their engineering capabilities for the digital world.
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Manufacturing
We help clients drive value from their manufacturing network by leveraging strategic manufacturing operations and industry expertise with global perspective.
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Operations and process transformation
We diagnose systemic performance issues that traverse the business landscape and architect a pragmatic roadmap to capture value through the optimization of structure and execution.
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Sourcing & procurement
We develop procurement strategies that truly create competitive advantage, covering the future vision & brand, operating model, digital and technology strategy, strategic spend area planning and sourcing, ZBB enabled closed loop spend management, SRM and Risk Strategy.
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Supply chain
We combine our global industry experience with deep knowledge in supply chain planning, fulfillment and service operations.
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Latest Thinking
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Can intelligent fulfillment fix retail delivery woes?
More than one-third of online orders were delivered late or incomplete during the last holiday shopping season. -
Who's the boss when people and robots work together?
If robots are employed alongside humans, who's in charge? -
Blockchain for the supply chain
Blockchain can address challenges of a more complex operating model that -
The front office: Where profits go to die
Achieving profitable growth has always been a challenge—and it is becoming more difficult in today's digital economy -
The X Factor competitive agility
A ZBx, or zero-based mindset, is a new way to look at profitability through four zero-based approaches. -
Is your supply chain in a death spiral?
Deliver superior supply chain performance at the right cost while fueling growth -
Your role in the ecosystem
Tremendous value lies in how organizations leverage ecosystems to deliver outcomes and solutions through platforms. -
Liberating the supply chain workforce
Robots, prescriptive analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) are unleashing human potential. -
Increasing agility to fuel growth and competitiveness
Why cost reduction efforts are failing to fuel growth in Australia -
Driving growth with plug-in electric vehicles
Electric vehicles are an opportunity for utilities to strengthen their position in the evolving digital ecosystem. -
Is your operating model holding you back from growth?
Businesses have plans to drive growth and competitiveness, but sometimes, nothing happens. -
Liberating the supply chain workforce
Robots, prescriptive analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) are unleashing human potential. -
Driving growth with plug-in electric vehicles
Electric vehicles are an opportunity for utilities to strengthen their position in the evolving digital ecosystem. -
Digital trendsetters: Secrets of the most successful digital supply chains
A small group of trendsetters is breaking away from the pack by doing digital differently. -
Technology companies cannot buy their way to competitive advantage. Or can they?
The best sourcing and procurement organizations manage costs and drive business growth. -
Why procurement is good medicine for the life sciences industry
By making procurement more strategic, companies can drive innovation and growth. -
Chief supply chain officers: Do you know where your weakest link is?
Cyber attackers are targeting your smaller partners to get to you. -
Digital factory: Cracking the code to success
How manufacturers can get the biggest return on their digital investments -
Converting cost to growth: Why strategic cost reduction matters in banking
By embracing strategic cost reduction, banks can fund new streams of growth and better compete. -
Driving growth and competitiveness in consumer goods companies
Eliminating the disconnect between sales and supply chain to drive a new way of working -
Incubator or Respirator? Why you need to change the way you innovate. Now.
To hone their competitiveness, companies today need to adopt the capabilities of an incubator. -
Is your consumer packaged goods innovation engine running on empty?
It wouldn’t be, if you had two engines rather than just one. -
Driving competitiveness through ethical supply chains
How sustainable supply chain operations can increase competitiveness through improved revenue and brand reputation.
Client Case Studies
Leadership
"Leaders are turning their supply chain operations into engines for growth by using digital technology to disrupt traditional value chains and unlock greater agility."
Kris Timmermans
Senior Managing Director – Accenture Strategy, Supply Chain & Operations StrategyIn the News
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$1 Billion in savings from zero-based budgeting
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