Designing global logistics networks
Companies operating worldwide constantly face the task of
- Scrutinizing their global location structure,
- Allocating their products, technologies, and investments to these locations in a targeted manner,
- Balancing central governance against local autonomy, and
- Establishing production and logistics at new locations (best-cost countries).
In this regard, the key is finding the right answers to, above all, the following core questions:
- In view of future market trends and any relevant local content requirements, which production and distribution locations are optimal?
- How are these networked, how can economies of scale be exploited, and how can sub-critical amounts of materials flow be avoided?
- Which procurement clusters and centers make sense, both now and in the future, in view of the relevant procurement markets?
- Where and to what extent does vertical integration take place in the supply chain, and what are the consequences of this with respect to make-or-buy decisions?
- How can regions with comparably low cost levels for the relevant production factors (e.g. workers, materials, energy) be included in the supply chain, taking into account risks and benefits?
- What does the ideal footprint of the locations look like? What kind of organizational and technological (core) expertise and resources do the locations have, and where are which products to be produced?
ROI Consulting offers targeted support in designing an optimal network. The basis for this is a procedures model based on best practices. It is the result of extensive project experience and is supplemented by corresponding databases, as well by tools for analyses and simulations. It is customized to the company’s basic conditions and objectives.
You can find an overview of our entire spectrum of services in this area under Supply Chain Management (SCM).
