
Businesses frequently concentrate on day-to-day activities, striving to meet demands upon the system and to satisfy their customer. Because of this determined focus, they often fail to allocate time to adopt systems to optimise performance, capitalise on synergies and develop processes, which, in turn, will enable short, and long-term business plans to be achieved.
At OPS we have a wealth of experience (over 1,000 years combined) in taking a holistic look at business performance:
Some of our supply chain clients are reducing warehouse stock by installing new management systems, or redesigning warehouse layouts to improve pick performance, or developing procedures to ensure a co-ordinated approach between sales and operations:
When OPS make changes to processes and procedures, we take time to
ensure our knowledge is imparted directly to the staff doing the work
through a series of training sessions. This tried and tested approach minimises risk and ensures a ready buy-in.
All projects, regardless of scope, are managed through the OPS Programme
Office with director level engagement, and a robust check and balance
system to ensure the project is being managed to the agreed
specifications.
Within a warehouse we can generate improvement in your processes with
good planning and design methods. These include stock levels, layout,
picking, returns, automation and management systems.
An OPS audit can identify operational improvements in many areas, generating: