Manufacturing / Distribution
To be successful in today’s highly competitive global markets, manufacturers and Distributors have to optimize their efficiencies and effectiveness. In order to be Focus on business results it is important for all levels of the organization to be aligned with the company’s goals, while having the flexibility to adjust and react promptly to market needs.
The Sky difference is our set of award-winning Business-Ready Performance Management Solutions for Manufacturing and Distribution. The solution includes a combination of pre-built business content, methodology, data models, dashboards and reports. The business content includes a repository containing a large array of Strategy maps and 100’s of KPIS’ to choose from, supporting both discreet and process manufacturing. Our Business Ready Solution has been developed to synchronize with the way information is consumed by different Line of Business management at all levels of the organization.
Our solution includes:
- Repository containing Strategy Maps and KPI’s
- A well proven methodology to ensure a successful implementation with Guaranteed ROI
- Predefined Data Models
- Measurement against industry and internal benchmarks
- Predefined scorecards, dashboards, analytics, reports and alerts aligned with the company strategies Read More
Our Business-Ready Solution conforms to the Supply Chain Council’s Supply Chain Operational Reference [SCOR] model
Common Business Goals
Many of our clients are focused on achieving similar goals to remain competitive, such as:
- Optimizing Supply Chain
- Reducing Unit Cost
- Measuring and Improving Customer satisfaction
- Increasing Market Share
- Monitor and Improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
The measurements of Key Performance Indicators that are well aligned with the companies’ strategies are key to achieving these goals.
Performance Management Subject Areas covered
Our solution focuses on different functional areas while providing cross functionality across the whole business. A good example would be the relationship between inventory levels to sales performance and customer satisfaction. This modular approach also allows for incremental implementation of our solution starting small with high impact areas and expending over time.
Sales and Customer Management
It’s the goal of every business to focus on their customers. Often, with 1000’s of transaction across a significant number of customers, it is hard to maintain focus on all customers. To assist, Sky delivers central Customer views providing insight to Customer Performance and Service level. Building Customer Loyalty, Increasing Customer Satisfaction or growing their Product mix are all aspects of the Sky delivery model
Supplier Performance
Having a healthy and strategic relationship with suppliers can be vital to a healthy supply chain, profitability, growth and satisfied Customers. Sky delivers the information you need to create and measure your Suppliers performance and gives you insight into issues that are forming or repeating themselves. This information can also be shared with your Suppliers to help them better serve you.
Production Performance
Production efficiencies or inefficiencies can greatly impact your bottom line in the areas of waste, costs, capacity utilization, equipment efficiency, yield, quality and planning. Sky provides vital insight into these areas with prebuilt analytics, dashboards, alerts and scorecards to optimize your goals and vision.
Planning and Forecast Efficiencies
Planning and Forecast represent your Demand horizon going forward. This accuracy or inaccuracy can have the largest impact on Inventory levels, Customer Loyalty, Order Efficiencies and overall profitability of the corporation. Sky delivers its unique generational analysis across your Planning and Forecasting systems to locate the areas that are performing well and those that need attention.
Inventory Optimization
Having Inventory in the right place at the right time is never an easy task but the cost of not having it there can never be measured completely. Lost orders, Customer Service & Loyalty, Revenue Growth and Profitability are only a few of the areas impacted by Inventory planning. Sky can help by providing actionable insight into issues before they occur and prevent reoccurrence.
Brand and Product Building
Making an investment to grow a Brand or Product requires special focus to ensure the investment goals are achieved. Sky delivers a mix of analysis, scorecards and dashboards to help monitor the success of the investments.
Methodology
The Sky Business-Ready Methodology starts with an alignment of business goals with measurable Key Performance Indicators. Once identified, KPI’s are scored for business value vs. cost. With the assured value in hand our Implementation Roadmap is geared to fast delivery of logically grouped business areas. Typically, an implementation cycle should last 4 to 6 weeks.
the business content includes a repository containing a large array of strategy maps and 100’s of Key Performance Indicators to choose from…supporting both discreet and process.
The building blocks of our methodology are:
- Predefined Business Strategy Maps for Manufacturing and Distribution
- Alignment of goals with strategies, tactics, initiatives and KPIs
- Business Opportunity Choice Board Identify the cost / complexity of implementation and the business value for group of KPIs
- Strategic Implementation Roadmap Ensure tactical steps will be taken within overall strategy
Our approach is to conduct several discovery sessions geared to:
- Identify the business goals and needs
- Align them with the business strategy and across divisional and functional boundaries
- Prototype the End Result (Dashboards, Reports…)
- Get a commitment from business stakeholders
Typical steps
- KPIs list and strategy maps for the alignment of KPIs with business strategy
- Preliminary KPIs definitions and classifications
- GAP Analysis
- Business Processes gaps
- Management Processes gaps
- Source Data gaps
- Assign Business Value to KPIs
- Business opportunities Choice Board
- Prototypes for: Dashboards, Reports
- Strategic implementation Roadmap
- Solution Architecture Blueprint
- Infrastructure Planning
- High Level Project Plan
Benefits Following our methodology for developing Strategy Maps will benefit your organization in several ways, some of which include:
- Guaranteed high Business Value
- Alignment with strategic objectives
- Alignment of deliverables with business value
- Drive organizational alignment across all levels
- Ensure tactical steps will be taken within overall strategy
- Promote ownership and accountability
- Identification of the GAPs: business process, management and data
- Risk avoidance
Technology
The Sky Performance Management solutions are built on IBM technologies including Cognos and InfoSphere. The components of the solution include:
- A KPI repository including integration to Cognos Metrics Studio
- A loading schema designed to intercept data from diverse data sources
- Pre-built subject area data marts including ETL from the loading area
- Performance Dashboard Frameworks including Dashboards , Scorecards and reports
