SupplyﾠChainﾠSolutions

At Portland we understand the unique complexities of managing the end-to-end supply chain. Our Supply Chain Solutions group 'turn strategy into reality' by working with our clients to deliver and implement the supply chain capabilities and infrastructure your organisation requires to optimally execute its strategy. Portland can follow a variety of approaches to building supply chain capability including:

• A classic People-Process-Systems model to define business requirements, identify capability gaps and select appropriate tools, or,
• An optimisation approach which gets the best out of the supply chain tools you already have in place, or,
• Requirements definition and systems selection for new supply chain decision support tools (e.g. Advanced Planning and Scheduling, Inventory Management) or supply chain execution tools (e.g. Transportation Management, Warehouse Management Systems)
• Identification, design and development of warehouse locations, assets and materials handling equipment
• Process development, design and mapping by supply chain subject matter experts

Our supply chain solutions are focused on rapid implementation, fast payback and attractive return on investment. We give balanced attention to supply chain policies, processes, competencies and systems to deliver the best results for our clients.

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Typical projects Portland has undertaken to provide supply chain solutions include:

• Warehouse Management System (WMS) implementations for retail and publishing companies
• Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) tools selection and configuration for a manufacturer
• Warehouse Turnkey solution: Design of a warehouse for a global publishing company, identification and selection of site, sourcing and implementation of MHE and WMS
• Configuration and optimisation of a Manugistics supply chain planning, replenishment and inventory management tool for a national retail chain
• Detailed supply chain planning process reengineering for a leading manufacturer and importer of agricultural products
• Optimisation of supply chain planning parameters in SAP for a global foods manufacturer
• Optimisation of inventory management and replenishment parameter settings for a maker of steel products

Portland's team focuses on getting practical business results and fast financial value from supply chain systems and distribution infrastructure. Our flexible approach is well suited to improving the performance of existing operational systems and distribution assets and is 20 equally adaptable to specifying requirements for new systems or even building unique analytical models for special purposes such as inventory or network optimisation.

We maintain professional arms-length arrangements with the leading providers of supply chain and warehousing systems and tools. This allows us to provide recommendations on software and Materials Handling Equipment selection based on sound knowledge without any commercial interest in the outcome.