What Is a Supply Chain Center of Excellence?

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A group of individuals that are tasked with improving supply chain process excellence.

Companies with a Supply Chain Center of Excellence Are:

Clearly Define the Governance Model and Market the Group’s Efforts

Have the Right Balance of Push and Pull

Grow and Retain Talent

Most Notably Between Finance and Operations

CSR & OperationsMarketing and Finance

Operations and ITManufacturing and Procurement

Clearly Define the Supply Chain Strategy andOperating Charter for the Supply Chain Center of Excellence

Focus on Maturing Your Planning andSupply Chain Design Processes

There are 7 Drivers• Increasing the Importance of Supply ChainManagement• Building Global Teams and Supply Chain Talent• Continuation of Work on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)• Metrics and Implementation of Analytics• Network Design and the Orchestration of Flows• Testing of New Technologies• Mergers and Acquisitions

49% Are Effective Because They Have…• executive support• clear strategy• a focus on a business imperative• strong support from HR for talent development• strong skills in supply chain planning/network design• pull-based interaction with greater organization

Why Have One?

32% vs 6%

MoreStrategic

24% vs 9%

MoreAligned

24% vs 3%

MoreProactive

20% vs 6%

MoreOutside-In

39% vs 6%

MoreAgile

83% vs 50%

What Makes One Effective?

And Enjoy Greater Alignment Between Teams

Check Out the Full Report: “Driving Supply Chain Excellence”(based on research by Supply Chain Insights LLC, 2014-2015)www.tinyurl.com/SCI-COE2015-Report

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