Manufacturers around the world are facing unprecedented market volatility, demand fluctuation, and limitations to supplier capacity. This means spiking material shortages and production stoppages that hinder cash flow and jeopardize customer relationships.
Although supply disruptions are bound to happen now and then, it’s vital that your teams address these promptly to keep production moving. Of course, this can mean constant firefighting, stress, and burnout for those having to manage these issues, all of which just makes things worse.
Creating a Shortage Attack Team helps your organization take a strategic, sustainable approach to shortage management. A Shortage Attack Team is an operational framework that can help your company improve on-time delivery by prioritizing and resolving current and future shortages impacting production. Allowing your procurement team to operate with the confidence that they’re addressing the most urgent shortages each day can help you re-establish operational command at every level and keep production humming along, ensuring on-time delivery for your supply-chain organization.
Our white paper “How to Create a Shortage Attack Team” shows you:
- Top prioritization methods used by global manufacturers
- Who to include on the team and the roles they’ll play
- How to drive efficient communication and collaboration when shortages arise
- Tips and tricks for making these new processes stick