The Irish-based Supply Chain Management Centres of leading global companies take responsibility for every function on the value chain.
Supply Chain Management Activities
- Demand and supply planning
- Service parts planning
- Procurement
- Inventory management
- Warehousing
- Order fulfillment
- Transportation
- Customer service
- SC Design and analytics
By leveraging these core activities, Irish Supply Chain Management Centres enable global companies to achieve real competitive advantage by:
- Delivering cost savings and reducing total cost of goods sold
- Streamlining IT systems to increase visibility, planning and execution
- Reducing ‘time to market’ and ‘time to volume’ through more accurate planning and forecasting
- Tracking and managing of sophisticated products and more efficient introduction of new products
- Managing global complexities and central control of associated risks
- Optimising indirect taxes, regulations, compliance & local duties
- Actively managing current & future operational changes
- Introducing a tax efficient, flexible, scalable business model
- Reducing the company’s effective corporate tax rate
- Facilitating customer and supplier demand for ‘around the clock’ services
- Establishing a high value added services centre with capability to evolve with the growth of the business