Breakout: Delivering a Successful Supply Chain Improvement Project

AJ Brohinsky, EVP, SmartOps and Martin Barkman, SVP Commercial Team, SmartOps

Target Audience: Anyone responsible for driving change in an organization

Obtaining consensus and approval for any improvement initiative is challenging. Accurately and credibly quantifying the benefits and then consistently delivering on those benefits requires a whole new approach. In the book, The Prime Solution¹, author Jeff Thull illustrates the importance of using rigorous, collaborative evaluation processes to identify solutions to complex business problems. This session provides an overview and examples of how the SmartOps Collaborative Engagement Process enables companies to design the right solution to their supply chain and inventory challenges.

Topics Include:

Calculating the Value of EIO

Successfully Navigating the Internal Obstacles to Project Approval

Defining and Applying the Prime Solution Principles

Example results from the Collaborative Engagement Process for Enterprise Inventory Optimization (EIO) Solution
¹Jeff Thull, The Prime Solution, (Dearborn Trade Publishing, A Kaplan Professional Company, 2005).