Benefits we've delivered
When Alan Braithwaite established LCP in 1985, few people foresaw with such clarity the potential of supply chain management to unlock business value and competitive advantage.
The strength of applying a customer focused supply chain approach to business issues means we have enabled our clients to attain some remarkable achievements.
The easiest way to illustrate these is to provide a few examples.
- UK Retailer: supply chain transformation through network rationalisation and process re-engineering of sourcing - delivering up to £20m pa to the bottom line
- Global Pharmaceutical Company: European supply chain re-organisation project - delivering a 40% reduction in inventory, a 10% cost reduction in the chain and a release of 20% of manufacturing capacity for new business
- Global Retailer: re-engineering of end-to-end supply chain processes to increase product availability, reduce mark downs and lower buying and logistics costs - now adopted as a global process standard
- Global Electronics Manufacturer: strategic redefinition of the repair and service business to reduce cost, increase service levels and reduce assets - leading to a regional repair and logistics strategy, reducing costs and inventory by 15% and 30% respectively
- UK Food Manufacturer: review of logistics operations to identify potential for cost reduction and rationalisation - leading to the identification of measures to reduce costs by 15%
- Global Logistics Service Provider: developed and delivered senior management training to align people to its value position in the market and provide tools and techniques to enable them to work better with their clients - remarkable benefits in terms of retained accounts and increased service take-up
- Global Energy Company: developed and delivered a complete supply chain approach and methodology for identifying and gaining major business benefits from any of their businesses worldwide. Within one year, application of the method delivered multi-million dollar improvements in the Americas and Europe.