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• Supply Chain Managers
• General Managers with Stores or Procurement responsibilities

1. To what extent has the organization implemented recognized and effective supply chain management processes and practices to support its business strategy?
2. Where to focus management resources on getting improved performance and service delivery from the supply chain areas of the business.

When should you use this Survey

• When service levels to the core business are sub-optimal.
• When developing strategies for improving area efficiencies and service levels
• When a company wants measurable data to benchmark its development of supply chain management processes and systems.

Areas of Analysis
Forecast and Plan
This activity encompasses the integrated planning for the business, to ensure that plans are co-ordinated across the supply chain to reflect external factors such as demand changes and internal events such as changes to operational plans.

Source
Appropriate sourcing is critical to any business. Sourcing pertains to identifying sources of supply and incorporates elements such as issuing requests for quotations, adjudicating responses, contract negotiation, awarding contracts, and monitoring performance against contract.

Supply
The physical movement of goods through the network to the point of utilisation. Including the receiving, storage and tracking of goods.

Settle
Settlement refers to all the steps relating to payment for goods and services acquired and arranging the funding of supply chain activities.

Distribute and Dispose
This activity involves all tasks involved in delivering end product to the customer. It includes customer interactions in negotiating sales contracts, arranging/scheduling of sales and the distribution of product to customers at the lowest cost while meeting service requirements.