供应商评估 & 发展

Quality supply chain partners are vital to your success as a manufacturer. You need to choose suppliers who can produce products at the quality level you need, 当你需要的时候, 以合适的价格, 每一次. The 供应商评估 process typically starts with a 价值流图 to help you fully recognize the intimate details of your current processes, including accurately identifying what comes into the company and what goes out. Most manufacturers naturally tend to focus on the high-value items in their 供应链, 大的部分, but it’s the small details that will often get you – imagine running out of simple shipping labels causing a serious delay and backlog to your logistics. Armed with an accurate map of all the pieces involved in your production, you can then examine your supply chain history overall, 注意的优势, 弱点, 失败和成功. This is the baseline information you need to understand your hard and soft risks, make decisions for improvement, and perhaps most importantly, identify strategic advantages and opportunity.