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Supply Chain Management

Many organizations rely heavily on suppliers but often do not do a good job of managing supplier relationships. Suppliers also often have problems managing their own supply chains. What does good supply chain management require?

	Well-defined needs and effective contracts
	Collaborative work that spans departments, authority levels, and organizations
	An organizational spirit of inquiry
	Skill in thinking systemically
	Agility: the ability to deal with change
	Effective performance measures

In short, organizations have to pay attention to group and inter-group processes and be good at learning.

Stevens Consulting offers both extensive supply chain management experience and organizational development and change management expertise to help organizations improve their performance.

Stevens Consulting helps organizations better manage their supply chains - and reduce staff costs and external spend while increasing customer satisfaction. The goal is to develop organizational capacity to manage this vital area on an on-going basis. Services include:

	Organizational assessments to understand supply chain strengths and weaknesses
	Help developing supply chain improvements: implementation of performance measurements, staff training in dynamics of inventory management
	Training to develop staff capacity to develop and manage contracts and projects
	Job and process design to develop project management processes