A New Approach
Todays supply chains are mostly price and speed optimized which often creates a network of inefficiencies and hidden costs. As todays dynamic trading environment continues to flex and change, these inefficiences are becoming more of a barrier to success. We need to consider a much broader set of requirements when designing supply chains than we every have had to before
Accelerate Change & Reduce Costs
The Zero Pro framework has been purpose built from the ground up to support corporates migrating their current supply chains to be fit for purpose in the future. Existing teams can benefit from Zero Pro by understanding what change areas to prioritize, clearly understanding the benefits and move confidently forward during change implementation. By Providing detailed analytics and recommendations at the push of a button, headcount currently allocated can be redployed to more value add activities. Manage stakeholder more efficiently with a richer understanding of the supply chain and be able to justify and measure the benefits of change will significantly improve stakeholder engagement
Delivering on Environmental Objectives
Many companies have fallen into the trap of evaluating their existing supply chain for Net Zero compliance. Most of these companies have also failed to see any reasonable returns, and we believe that unless you understand your supply chain in more detail any efforts to evaluate it are inefficient. We should start to approach Net Zero as a component of a wider optimization exercise rather than an explicit objective
Accept a Broadly Accurate Calculation Is All We Can Achieve
A trap many companies have falled into is trying to calculate the environmental impact of their product to be 100% accurate. Unfortunately, the infrastructure is not in place to support this objective especially when calculating transportation carbon. Saying that your calculation is broadly accurate and a fair representation of the impact of a product is the best we can achieve in todays environment
Make Optimization A Business Function
Even if we build teams full of talented indiviuals, unless they really understand how the business works and are empowered to make change decisions the true power of an optimized supply chain will never be achieved. We need to move away from 'project teams' and ensure that key business leaders are involved in the day to day running of an optimzation objective
Consumer Education Is A Missing Link
Especially important for consumer brand companies, we have to start taking a different approach to the way we engage and eduacate the consumer. There is a complete lack of trust in any information given to consumers about how impactful the products and services they buy and consume actually are. We have to start providing accurate and robust information to them demonstrating the journey that we are on and the progress we are making
Break It Down Into Manageable Tasks
A lot of the time, the lack of progress made against a set of objectives is the inability to get started correctly. When we talk about optimizing supply chains we are often talking about one of the most complex components of an organisation and one that if incorrectly managed can cause everything to grind to a halt. With the right tools, this complexity can be broken down into more manageable and logical tasks that can be worked on quickly and effectively
A comprehenisve cloud based web portal supporting all members of the supply chain to define, visualize and understand the role that they play in the supply chain to a level never seen before
Integrate Zero Pro with your ERP or back office systems, exchange data in real time and leverage the power of Zero Pro's calculation and visualisation engine without the need to use the web portal
There is more information than you may think locked up in the trade documentation that currently existing within your supply chain. Simplify the amount of work required by using our customizable document scanning capabilities
Why pay teams to analyse data and come up with recommendations when you can leverage the power of AI to automate this activity. Take your supply chain data and gain a list of prioritised recommendations at the push of a button
Require customized workflows, dedicated API endpoints or bespoke data management tools? It is often quicker and cheaper for us to make to support your journey
Access a network of industry experts, project managers and technicans that you can call on to accelerate you towards your goals and objectives
In addition to the web portal and corporate access gateway, we support mobile apps for Apple and Android, and desktop apps for Mac and Windows
Simplify reporting by downloading the data you need directly from the platform. Accessing all the data you need in one place not only speeds up reporting time but significant reduces costs and provides improved confidence over the quality of the data being used
You are not on your own. The world is, and will continue to go through significant change affecting the way we configure and operate our supply chains. Connect with other companies via our forums to discuss options and strategies